Deception from the Dailies on Eve of Venezuela Referendum

- “Chances for Venezuelan reforms growing slim” reports the Miami Herald. “[T]he latest poll, taken Monday through Thursday by Venezuela's Hinterlaces firm, showed the ‘no’ vote winning by 6 percentage points in the closest scenario, and 21 points in the most lopsided, depending largely on turnout.” While reporters Casto Ocando and Casey Woods briefly make the dismissive concession that “some surveys still predict a Chávez victory on Sunday,” they completely ignore the poll by the consistently accurate Consultores 30.11 firm that came out just before the Hinterlaces survey, predicting a lead of between seven and sixteen percent (depending on turnout) for the “SI” (that is, for Chávez)