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fleur-de-lisa

(14,624 posts)
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 05:03 PM Nov 2012

Say what you will about CNN but . . .

their election coverage is amazing. I just went to their website to check the results of the presidential race in Florida (they haven't called it yet, still processing results) . . . so much data, and in very easy to read graphics! Check out this website . . .


http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/results/state/FL

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Say what you will about CNN but . . . (Original Post) fleur-de-lisa Nov 2012 OP
But they claimed there was no gender gap jenw2 Nov 2012 #1
Who cares? fleur-de-lisa Nov 2012 #2
Just like a Liberal ... move on, it's another day. :) Thanks for the tip. libdem4life Nov 2012 #5
I'm too happy today to let anyone get to me! fleur-de-lisa Nov 2012 #7
I don't have cable so I watched CNN since for the life of me marezdotes Nov 2012 #8
Agreed! n/t tweeternik Nov 2012 #3
But how'd they get everyone to watch in the first place? sadbear Nov 2012 #4
Yes, their pre-election coverage was crap . . . fleur-de-lisa Nov 2012 #6
I couldn't agree more Lasher Nov 2012 #9
I don't know about that brush Nov 2012 #10
My post was not about projections . . . fleur-de-lisa Nov 2012 #12
Okay . . . brush Nov 2012 #13
Lot's of CNN cheerleader and apologist posts lately. n/t EmeraldCityGrl Nov 2012 #11

marezdotes

(110 posts)
8. I don't have cable so I watched CNN since for the life of me
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 05:28 PM
Nov 2012

I couldn't figure out how to watch MSNBC live. I also thought it was very good.

sadbear

(4,340 posts)
4. But how'd they get everyone to watch in the first place?
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 05:22 PM
Nov 2012

Their ratings would have been shit if people believed the actual poll results.

Lasher

(27,573 posts)
9. I couldn't agree more
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 05:42 PM
Nov 2012

And they didn't shut down their front page on the most important political day in four years.

brush

(53,764 posts)
10. I don't know about that
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 05:55 PM
Nov 2012

Satellite Radio was way ahead of CNN TV in their projections. My wife and I traveled across Las Vegas to a watch party and listened to the "Talk Left" station on Sirius and by the time we got to the party they were projecting that the president had 243 electoral votes versus Romney's 183. When we got in the party at 6:45 pm they had CNN on (ugh) because they "wanted real, straight, unbiased reporting." I thought to myself at the time that these folks were living in the past when CNN was still owned by Ted Turner and Bernard Shaw was still the anchor. Anyway, their projections were so far behind the radio. They had Romney at 72 electoral votes and the President at 62. And those figures stayed the same for a long time as they drew out their telecast to keep the suspense going I guess. I mentioned to the host and a few people what the radio had reported and to maybe change the channel to MCNBC but to no avail until later in the evening when a TV in the another room was switched to MSNBC. Funny they were also still behind the radio but better than CNN. MSNBC did call the election for the President way before CNN did though at about 8:20 PM. We all started cheering in the one room and rushed to tell the stubborn CNN watchers what they were missing. And CNN didn't declare the President the winner for another few minutes. Even FOX beat them by a couple of minutes. So, as we all know here at DU, CNN is wack.

fleur-de-lisa

(14,624 posts)
12. My post was not about projections . . .
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 09:04 PM
Nov 2012

it was about CNN's post election website . . .

"CNN's post-election results page is freaking awesome"

brush

(53,764 posts)
13. Okay . . .
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 12:14 AM
Nov 2012

. . . but they're TV coverage, which most people mean when they criticize CNN, was late. And even beaten by FOX in declaring the President the winner.

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