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0 pointscapote10y ago0 comments

Do you disagree there's a big implication here?

Normally I'd agree with you.

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sergiotapia10y ago· 3 in thread

I actually agree that the title is purposefully bait-y and has an implication.

capoteOP10y ago

The title is a pretty clear and accurate summary of what's happening.

cookiecaper10y ago

The title implies that a significant number of British people voted to leave the EU without even knowing what it was, and that their opinion is therefore uninformed and should not be respected. You believe that's a "pretty clear and accurate summary"? Even if you do, you at least recognize the bias and that it's not really fitting for a supposedly-neutral news outlet?

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sbmassey10y ago

I wonder how they measure the franticness of the Googling: Are they sure they aren't just casually Googling about it?

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lawpoop10y ago· 1 in thread

I do; my suspicion is that it's people who didn't vote, trying to figure out what will happen in the near future.

pas9y ago

Just FYI, participation was above 70%. ("The referendum turnout was 71.8%, with more than 30 million people voting. It was the highest turnout in a UK-wide vote since the 1992 general election" - BBC)

It's pretty safe to bet that a lot of those searches were from people who voted.

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