House elections: So fed up with the media calling the House for the rethugs

[iluvtennis]

There are 17 undecided races in California and XX races elsewhere [note:I need to research specifically what those are].

If Dems pic up these undecided races, they could have House control as well.

Just wish the talking heads would just say that House races and eventual control is still pending and stop asserting that the rethugs have the house and reporting on what McCarthy is doing to plan for it. ENOUGH.

https://www.cnn.com/election/2022/results/california

[Walleye]

1. Ha! They have been calling the House for the Republican since January 20, 2021

They can’t help it, it’s some kind of compulsion

[iluvtennis]

2. And it makes my blood boil. n/t

[SoCalDavidS]

3. MSNBC Has Not Called Anything

But it is going to be EXTREMELY difficult for the Democrats to hold on.

That is just reality. It's not some big conspiracy.

The votes are being counted. Democrats are behind. 90% of the outstanding races would have to go their way, and that's just highly unlikely.

But nobody has called anything yet.

[Kaleva]

4. Where in the link you provided does it say that?

[iluvtennis]

5. No link - just what I'm hearing from the talking heads on live coverage CNN and MSNBC. n/t

[Kaleva]

14. Which ones?

If I knew the names, I'd probably be able to find the segment on YouTube.

[iluvtennis]

15. Sorry that I didn't catch the names. I'll pay better attention today and let you lknow.

[iemanja]

18. Talking heads don't call races

Decision desks, separate from the on-air personalities, do.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. NYT actually had a breaking banner

insisting the GOP had 221 seats, with a weak disclaimer paraphrased as "but it's still up for grabs" -

Link to tweet

The New York Times
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Republicans have won or are leading in 221 U.S. House races as of Thursday afternoon, enough for a slim majority. But control remains up for grabs.
Lt. Gov. John Fetterman greeted union steelworkers at a canvassing event in Coatesville, Pa., the morning before Election Day.
nytimes.com
Midterms Live Updates: Congress Remains in Play as Georgia Senate Race Heads for Runoff
Closely fought races in Georgia, Arizona and Nevada have yet to be called. President Biden said he plans to run for re-election in 2024 but will make a final decision next year.
1:14 PM · Nov 10, 2022

(as of ~3:30 pm EST)



It's like a "push narrative".

[Kaleva]

21. I don't read that banner the same way you did

I read it as saying if they win the districts they are leading in, that and the districts they have won would give them a slim majority. However, that remains to be seen.

[BumRushDaShow]

22. The "banner" I'm talking about is the LITERAL "breaking headline" that was displayed on my iPad

House Control on Razor's Edge
Republicans won or are leading in 221 races, enough for a slim majority, but control remains up for grabs. See where things stand.

Nothing about "if".

This then becomes an implied - "They have more than enough (221) to take the House" narrative, "so don't bother... " and this is asserted with thousands of votes still out - particularly from blue parts of counties. Meanwhile they are writing about Kevin McCarthy measuring the proverbial drapes.

Anything that has enough remaining blue area ballots should be left as a grey TOSSUP and not assigned "red" based on the "snapshot of the moment". A number of these races may end up in automatic recount territory anyway so calling them now is a fool's errand in order to push for concessions and to satisfy a corporate owner who wants to "wrap it up", and move on rather than let it play out.

I won't go as far as the "Dewey Wins" faux pas but I know right here in Philly, we had similar nonsense published by the election hacks at the Philly Inquirer that I post about over and over, regarding their sloppy reporting about the Philadelphia turnout in 2020 before all the votes came in.... And to this day, they have STILL refused to tender a correction to their bullshit article.

[Iris]

24. Yet they also have aap where you can see so many seats are leaning Dem

Also, this is not a race to see who gets their votes counted fastest. That's why the Q freaks seem to think the last election was "stolen"

[BumRushDaShow]

25. Exactly. But there's more. CNN had a breaking banner about 20 minutes ago that says this

What's taking so long out West
Analysis: As America awaits crucial midterm results, here's why we know the winners of most races but can't yet say who will control Congress

Ultimate click-bait. My "analysis" -

"American awaits"

- Um no they don't "await". They are glad to be rid of the damn ads and robocalls and robotexts.

"We know the winners of most races"

- Really?



Oh you mean the ones that were called and the other party conceded?

[Johnny2X2X]

6. Senate is more likely for Dems than House is for Reps

Both are very likely, but why is one being portrayed as a horse race and the other as a foregone conclusion?

Right now the betting markets have Dems as a 91% favorite to keep the Senate, and Reps as an 82% favorite to take the House.

The media is biased against Dems right now because they became invested in a red wave.

Even MSNBC is pushing this angle, they'll get good news for Dems in Zona and Nevada and immediately spin it negatively.

https://www.predictit.org/markets/17/US-Elections

[iluvtennis]

7. media is biased against Dems right now because they became invested in a red wave +++agree.

for weeks they have been projecting that the dems would be shellacked. And now that it didn't happent, they are pushing another narrative.

[iemanja]

16. They know there is no red wave

and have all said it, including Fox.

[Wounded Bear]

8. We're also about to flip WA03 from red to blue...

65% or so in and a small lead for the Dem. It was one of those districts where a trumper won the primary over the repub incumbant and it isn't going well so far.

I'm hopeful.

[iluvtennis]

9. Good stuff. Keep us posted @Wounded Bear. Also see WA08 is still pending.

[Wounded Bear]

10. She won the jungle primary with 30 percent...

Leading 52-48 right now. We'll see.

https://ballotpedia.org/Washington%27s_3rd_Congressional_District_election,_2022

[iluvtennis]

12. Cool! n/t

[Wounded Bear]

11. Not really worried about WA08. Schrier should be safe...

fingers crossed.

[In It to Win It]

13. I haven't seen any outlet call the House for the GOP. I've just seen and read that it seems

likely that the GOP will take the House, even though by an extremely slim margin.

[iemanja]

17. Name one network or media organization who has called the House for the Republicans

I doubt you'll find one. Possibly Fox, but even then they have a decision desk separate from their anchors. Scenarios suggest a Republican victory is likely, but that is not the same as calling it.
If they call it, then it's a reality.

[Demsrule86]

23. Everyone of the MSNBC hosts including Mrs. Greenspan has acted like it is a done deal,

we lost the house...the only exception is Nicole Wallace thus far.

[electric_blue68]

19. TY for the map. 👍💙