The Final 2PP Count

For anyone who's wondering why we think a number of journos are educationally challenged, Pollbludger points out some of the more amusing commentary we've been provided with over the last few weeks here.

Essentially, despite a number of political commentators warning that the two-party preferred count isn't finalised (including ABC's Anthony Green), these journalists decided to run with their own fictionalised version of events. Last I checked, their jobs are to report on facts not fiction - they should probably be fired for lack of due diligence.

A number of coalition MPs have also used the 2PP figure like so (though I think Abbott has been careful to always say "it looks like we're winning the 2PP"). And while that is no less erroneous, it's at least to be expected from the opposition.