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Cappy
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 Posted: 11/01/04 - 08:06 Post subject: Election Night News Coverage
Which of the networks will you be watching?
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Posted: 11/01/04 - 08:20 Post subject:
Probably CBS or NBC, but mostly because those stations come in most clearly.
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Posted: 11/01/04 - 09:00 Post subject:
I'm probably going to clean obsessively to avoid thinking about the whole thing while Jerry stays glued to the t.v. watching multiple reports, on multiple stations until the wee hours of the morning. I can't stand it.
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Posted: 11/01/04 - 09:46 Post subject:
NBC or CNN, i think. Those are just the channels i think of when I think of News (except for World News, in which case I think of ABC)
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Posted: 11/01/04 - 09:50 Post subject:
Prob ABC, for the clarity of the reception. Also may get CBC online for a foreign take.
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Posted: 11/01/04 - 09:51 Post subject:
I will likely watch a great number of them...all the networks, and CNN. My favorite this cycle has been MSNBC--I will likely watch quite a bit of their coverage.
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Posted: 11/01/04 - 09:53 Post subject:
I will probably be switching around between FoxNews and CNN
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Posted: 11/01/04 - 10:04 Post subject:
| AlaninTX wrote: | | I will likely watch a great number of them...all the networks, and CNN. My favorite this cycle has been MSNBC--I will likely watch quite a bit of their coverage. |
same here...but will be parked primarily at MSNBC...
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Posted: 11/01/04 - 10:06 Post subject:
| megawill wrote: |
same here...but will be parked primarily at MSNBC... |
How is their coverage better (or different than the other networks)
or is there more fluff (graphics, etc)
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Posted: 11/01/04 - 10:15 Post subject:
None; I'm so sick of this election I could puke. I'll watch MSNBC the following morning to see who won and who will be demanding a recount.
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Posted: 11/01/04 - 10:22 Post subject:
Probably ABC just because I like Peter Jennings better than Dan Rather or Tom Brokaw. great reason, eh? I don't get MSNBC but I'll probably flip over to CNN occasionally.
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Posted: 11/01/04 - 10:32 Post subject:
likely fox or c span
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Posted: 11/01/04 - 10:45 Post subject:
I probably won't watch too much of it, but I will flip over to CBS to see Dan Rather's reactions to the results in the "close" states. If some of those states turn toward Kerry, I expect him to break out a Blue Pom-Pom or two. Always an entertaining evening on the tube.
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Posted: 11/01/04 - 10:49 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: |
How is their coverage better (or different than the other networks)
or is there more fluff (graphics, etc) |
I like Chris Matthews, and MSNBC usually puts together the best panel of guest commentators--very balanced and informative people, in my opinion. Not so much the graphics and fluff, I just like the way the are handling reporting the news, covering the story, and I really do believe they are very balanced.
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Posted: 11/01/04 - 10:59 Post subject:
| sonnylax wrote: | | I probably won't watch too much of it, but I will flip over to CBS to see Dan Rather's reactions to the results in the "close" states. If some of those states turn toward Kerry, I expect him to break out a Blue Pom-Pom or two. Always an entertaining evening on the tube. |
It was during the 2000 election coverage that I realized Dan Rather has passed his prime and should maintain a strict bedtime. The man was blubbering bizarre meaningless phrases by about 10:30...CBS should be entertaining just for the Dan Rather unscripted factor.
I do like Chris Matthews, I wish I had MSNBC.
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