Dear MSNBC, if you're going call a poll the latest poll, then use the latest poll

UPDATE 5:03 PM. MSNBC is still using yesterday's Gallup tracking poll -- although the new Gallup numbers for today came out hours ago. Is MSNBC that pathetic?



MSNBC has been reporting on the "Latest Poll Positions" this afternoon.

Only problem: It's not the latest. Gallup already published today's tracking poll showing Clinton leading by a smaller margin: 48% - 43%.

It's not like these polls matter all that much. But, it's the principle. And, it makes you wonder whether MSNBC and the other cable networks care about accuracy.

You'd think that if MSNBC is going to be talking about the latest poll positions, they'd be accurate. You'd like to think that anyway. But, the new poll might distort MSNBC's story line. Unlike MSNBC, I don't have a full time researchers and producers, but I figured it out.