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brooklynite

(94,384 posts) Mon Nov 2, 2020, 03:27 PM Nov 2020

You can't make an election result announcement on Twitter tomorrow, unless.....

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You can't make an election result announcement on Twitter tomorrow, unless..... (Original Post) brooklynite Nov 2020 OP

I had some trouble with premature victory claims when I was very young. rzemanfl Nov 2020 #1

Mighta been premature... ret5hd Nov 2020 #2

Sounds like victories for only half of the citizens 😬 MLAA Nov 2020 #3

...and by thinking about baseball? Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2020 #5

I was a Cubs fan in the sixties. Thinking about that would have broken up the evening. n/t rzemanfl Nov 2020 #7

What? OAN isn't on the list? Fox and AP work together, as does DD and the other nets. Nt Fiendish Thingy Nov 2020 #4

Worth noting to that the Fox decision desk is highly reputable. bearsfootball516 Nov 2020 #6

rzemanfl

(29,554 posts)

1. I had some trouble with premature victory claims when I was very young.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Nov 2, 2020, 03:32 PM

Nov 2020

Got over that with practice.

ret5hd

(20,483 posts)

2. Mighta been premature...

Reply to rzemanfl (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 2, 2020, 03:34 PM

Nov 2020

but still victorious, right?

MLAA

(17,254 posts)

3. Sounds like victories for only half of the citizens 😬

Reply to ret5hd (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 2, 2020, 03:39 PM

Nov 2020

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,824 posts)

5. ...and by thinking about baseball?

Reply to rzemanfl (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 2, 2020, 04:19 PM

Nov 2020

rzemanfl

(29,554 posts)

7. I was a Cubs fan in the sixties. Thinking about that would have broken up the evening. n/t

Reply to Gidney N Cloyd (Reply #5)

Mon Nov 2, 2020, 05:20 PM

Nov 2020

Fiendish Thingy

(15,555 posts)

4. What? OAN isn't on the list? Fox and AP work together, as does DD and the other nets. Nt

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Nov 2, 2020, 04:15 PM

Nov 2020

bearsfootball516

(6,373 posts)

6. Worth noting to that the Fox decision desk is highly reputable.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Nov 2, 2020, 04:47 PM

Nov 2020

They're basically separate from the Fox opinion talking heads and are held in pretty high regard, so the information coming from them is just as good as the other sources listed.

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