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the media amazes me

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I guess I should know better, but i'm just astounded at how differently different news outlets report the news.

For example: NYTimes.com says Obama has 83 electoral votes, and McCain has 8. It shows NY as ZERO PERCENT reported (after all, the polls closed like ten minutes ago), and they haven't assigned it a color yet.

MSNBC on the other hand says it 195 to 85, and has given NY to Obama.

I mean it's just splitting hairs at this point, and I'm sure NYT will catch up to MSNBC with the same outcome- I just find it funny how different the two are.

Damn media elite...
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💬 3 comments

  1. vincent ·

    I had NY painted Blue @ 6:01AM

    ;-)

  2. ajay ·

    Well, each media outlet has their own panel of analysts who make projections. Some media outlets won't call a state unless they're 100% sure.
    And then, most will not call a state if the polls are still open there.

  3. metalpeter ·

    Remember this the next time you see a News story on TV news or in the papper and then switch to a differnt show or news outlet and get a different perspective on the same story for fun sometime or do it all the time.

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