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Coddington, Mark. "This Week in Review: Twitter vs. TV on election night, and the significance of Nate Silver." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 9 Nov. 2012. Web. 17 Oct. 2024.
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Coddington, M. (2012, Nov. 9). This Week in Review: Twitter vs. TV on election night, and the significance of Nate Silver. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved October 17, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2012/11/this-week-in-review-twitter-vs-tv-on-election-night-and-the-significance-of-nate-silver/
Chicago
Coddington, Mark. "This Week in Review: Twitter vs. TV on election night, and the significance of Nate Silver." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified November 9, 2012. Accessed October 17, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2012/11/this-week-in-review-twitter-vs-tv-on-election-night-and-the-significance-of-nate-silver/.
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