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    5 hours ago

    is on a scale of all US adults with college degrees

    no, “Among US adults who regularly get news from ____, % who hav ea bachelor’s degree or more,” not all US adults with a degree, just all adults

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      4 hours ago

      OK you’re right. the scales are:

      • on a scale of all US adults, the percentage who have a college degree
      • on a scale of all readers who primarily get their news from (given magazine), the percentage who have a college degree

      So the scales are still different.

      I’m guessing they’d make an argument that: “If the college graduate readership were distributed evenly across all news sources, then (given magazine) would have (the percentage of all US adults who have a college degree).” But the labels don’t say that, which is why it is confusing.