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Imaginary New York Times headlines:

– "Hailey runner-up, Trump second-last in Michigan"

– "Democratic uncommitted vote roughly same as Obama’s in 2012"

– "Biden exceeds Michigan polls, Trump with woeful under-performance"

– "Republican non-Trump vote 32%, Democratic non-Biden vote only 19%"

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I get so tired of the biased headlines from NYT, Axios and much of the news media! As Simon points out, any objective view of yesterday’s primary results would highlight President Biden’s strengths and ex-president Trump’s weaknesses and consistent under-performance.

Moreover, given how Trump has shown a high single-digit or even double-digit shortfall compared to polling in every single GOP primary and caucus, political pundits should be seriously questioning the accuracy of polls that place Trump ahead or even with President Biden.

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I've been writing daily to NYTimes journalists and editors about the paper's anti-Biden bias. Below is today's letter about Nate Cohn's off base coverage of the Michigan Primary. Please write in too.

You can write to: nate.cohn@nytimes.com joe.kahn@nytimed.co david.halbfinger@nytimes.com .....

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Stop twisting yourself in knots. Without the "Uncommitted" vote, Biden would have gotten 96% of the vote..if half the "Uncommitted" voters vote for Biden in November, he gets 90% of the primary voters. Mr. Trump lost ~30% of the GOP primary voters in a Democratic state that Biden won in 2020 by 150,000. Has the Times lost its ability to do basic math? Perhaps the Times has entered the realm of "alternative facts"; a strange discipline to take away from the Trump administration. Given the facts, I'd sure rather be Biden than Trump, not just in Michigan, but in the general election. When will the Times stop embarrassing itself and begin reporting 2024 election trends accurately? ...........Thanks Merrill Weingrod 401-480-8003

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