Israel's pollsters and editors owe an explanation after failing voters - comment
Three major broadcasters missed Likud by five to seven seats. The disagreement among pollsters was there to report all along, and newsrooms, ours included, failed to make it the story.
Israel's polling firms and editors must explain their failures in predicting the election results, according to a recent comment. As the polling stations closed ten minutes before N12, Channel 12's news site, declared that President Isaac Herzog would ask Gadi Eisenkot to form the next government, it turned out to be incorrect. Four hours later, the initial projections were proven wrong.
The channel, along with Channels 13 and the public broadcaster Kan, had all initially placed the four main opposition parties ahead of Eisenkot's camp. This led to an evening of confident talk built on numbers that were already shifting.
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