text: "Were you surprised at the outcome on election day?"
  Yes.
  "Why was that?"
  Most conventional wisdom and standards were thrown out the window.
  
  Now that I've answered your questions how about you answer one of mine.
  Does a news source have to be perfect, ie. cannot be wrong on anything, to be a source of "real" news or can it be a reliable source of facts and get something wrong once in a while?