[See NewsBusters for more.] CBS attempted to rewrite history on Monday with This Morning co-host Norah O'Donnell and network Director of Elections Anthony Salvanto declaring that the polls in 2016 weren’t wrong. That might be a surprise to anyone who trusted the numbers in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Helping Salvanto promote his new book on polling, O’Donnell wondered: “People said that proved that the polls were wrong. But were they?” “No,” he declared. O’Donnell cheered the revisionist history: “Yes, thank you! Anthony, explain to everybody!” Using the benefit of hindsight, Salvanto lectured: “All the signs were there.” He added, “Republicans were talking to us in the polls, but saying they weren't sure if they were going to back Trump. Were we really shocked that they came home? They were conservatives.”
