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Commentary on election-night coverage, first aired on WNPR 11/3/04.
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Review of Media Cautious on Election NightLet the handwringing begin. Solid commentary on network media coverage of election 04 and this year's casualty, the National Election Pool, the polling system used by news organizations to predict the outcome of the election. Turns out it wasn't much of an improvement over the Voter News Service which was blamed in 2000 when some networks called Florida for Gore. No doubt there will be lots more to say as the election recedes into memory. This piece would be best run in the days right after November 2nd. |
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On the morning after the election four years ago, the television networks and some newspapers in the Eastern time zone prematurely declared George W. Bush the winner. So how did the news media perform this Election Night? Media commentator Paul Janensch gives us his assessment.
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Tod Maffin
Posted on November 05, 2004 at 07:06 PM | Permalink
Review of Media Cautious on Election Night
Would have been better with some use of sound. This is a guy reading from a script, even quotes from other people.