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Biased, lazy journalists use Google Trends to diss Brexit

By Becket Adams
Published June 30, 2016 1:49am ET
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Biased, lazy journalists use Google Trends to diss Brexit
The common thread tying these stories together is that they suggest voters didn’t quite understand what they were getting themselves into when they voted to withdraw from the European Union. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland) | Tim Ireland

A media narrative alleging residents of the United Kingdom “frantically” researched the European Union hours after they voted to withdraw from it hinges on inconclusive Google data.

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