CNN had holographic images of reporters, plus a stream of odd-shaped graphics that were meant to elucidate exit poll data, but wound up inducing headaches. Despite its avalanche of data, or possibly because of it, CNN was the slowest of the cable networks to call states.
I noticed: The Elections Are Rigged
MSNBC often called states for Obama before its cable competitors. Well before polls closed anywhere, anchor Keith Olbermann was declaring that journalists in 2100 would be interviewing 2008 voters, by then elderly, about their votes cast for the first black president. Though Fox was slower to call some races....
Why cut?
it did lead the pack in calling Ohio, and
I know. WTF, readers? Why cut, BG?
.... its panelists telegraphed their own predictions early on. By 8:30, Fox's Bill Kristol, also a conservative columnist for The New York Times, was looking disconsolate.
:-)
More cut:
Across the dial, in the early hours, Republicans acted defeated, and often deflated. On ABC, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani of New York looked subdued.
Hey, Rudy, who told you the WTC was going to collapse on 9/11?
Diane Sawyer sounded apologetic when she countered that, nationwide, exit polls showed that 60 percent of voters thought Palin wasn't qualified to be president. And Charles Gibson seemed determined to cheer Giuliani up: "I have never seen such a bright Republican tie as you have," he offered.
Gibson then dropped to his knees and undid Rudy's fly. Also see: Gay Giuliani
When reporting caution is the mantra of the night, sometimes making nice just has to do.
Awwww, why not shove it up their ass, MSM? Telling their war lies for them wasn't enough?
Of course, WE KNOW WHY the MSM puckers for poopers, don't we?!!
As the bad news for the GOP wore on, CNN too started waxing poetic about an Obama victory. When Jeffrey Toobin suggested that there was no historic precedent for the way the nation's image would change overnight, panelist William Bennett calmly pointed out that the end of World War II might count. --more--"
A little ratings envy their, newspaper? The theme screams throughout the piece.
