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Media fooled by bunk voter ID study

By Becket Adams
Published March 15, 2017 11:23pm ET
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Media fooled by bunk voter ID study
Questions about the report's accuracy didn't come up until after several newsrooms had repeated its findings. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) | Rogelio V. Solis

It’s not the same thing as fake news, but it’s nearly as bad.

A recent study suggesting voter ID laws suppress minority turnout appears to contain many significant errors, according to a review published by professors at Stanford, Yale and University of Pennsylvania.

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