Chisoxfn Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 I don't know where to post this and if anyone even cares about this. But I was going to see how everyone judged the election coverage and wht station they ended up watching. I figured i'd be watching FoxNews, but to be honset, I thought they did a lousy job on the election. In the end I was shocked to say I watched CNN the most. I thought other then Bill Bradley, and the red head person in CNN News booth (god was she biased) that they did a pretty unbiased job. The only thing I didn't like is how they made a huge deal about making Ohio a green state and how its "Too Close to Call". Anyway just want to give CNN credit. Hell I caught a little CBS and they weren't that bad either. ABC was solid and surpisingly MSNBC did a very good job as well (I'm not a Chris Matthews fan). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan99 Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 I don't know where to post this and if anyone even cares about this. But I was going to see how everyone judged the election coverage and wht station they ended up watching. I figured i'd be watching FoxNews, but to be honset, I thought they did a lousy job on the election. In the end I was shocked to say I watched CNN the most. I thought other then Bill Bradley, and the red head person in CNN News booth (god was she biased) that they did a pretty unbiased job. The only thing I didn't like is how they made a huge deal about making Ohio a green state and how its "Too Close to Call". Anyway just want to give CNN credit. Hell I caught a little CBS and they weren't that bad either. ABC was solid and surpisingly MSNBC did a very good job as well (I'm not a Chris Matthews fan). I think the only reason CNN and some of the other networks kept Ohio as TCTC for so long was to keep people interested for as long as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted November 4, 2004 Author Share Posted November 4, 2004 I think the only reason CNN and some of the other networks kept Ohio as TCTC for so long was to keep people interested for as long as possible. I thought that too, but they were really over-dramatizing. I mean if you want to talk close, lets look at Wisconsin, Iowa, New Mexico. Ohio really wasn't that close, especially when the precint numbers were showing Bush increases in comparison to 2000 in the majority of counties. Just like I was surprised how slow certain stations were to call Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan99 Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 I thought that too, but they were really over-dramatizing. I mean if you want to talk close, lets look at Wisconsin, Iowa, New Mexico. Ohio really wasn't that close, especially when the precint numbers were showing Bush increases in comparison to 2000 in the majority of counties. Just like I was surprised how slow certain stations were to call Florida. I agree and I would have called Ohio earlier, but everyone knew that if Bush won Ohio he won the election, hence if he wins Ohio there is no drama. If there isn't any drama than less people tune in. Plus, I think the networks were a little gun shy on just about every race following the f*** up in 2000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KipWellsFan Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 I watched CNN mostly, no big complaints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowerCaseRepublican Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 I watched CNN for a while. When they turned Ohio green, I turned to my friend: "You know that there are a ton of people outside watching through the windows with no audio. They are probably saying 'How the f*** did Cobb and the Greens win Ohio?' right now." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 I don't know where to post this and if anyone even cares about this. But I was going to see how everyone judged the election coverage and wht station they ended up watching. I figured i'd be watching FoxNews, but to be honset, I thought they did a lousy job on the election. In the end I was shocked to say I watched CNN the most. I thought other then Bill Bradley, and the red head person in CNN News booth (god was she biased) that they did a pretty unbiased job. The only thing I didn't like is how they made a huge deal about making Ohio a green state and how its "Too Close to Call". Anyway just want to give CNN credit. Hell I caught a little CBS and they weren't that bad either. ABC was solid and surpisingly MSNBC did a very good job as well (I'm not a Chris Matthews fan). Speaking of CBS and Rather I thought some of you would enjoy this from ratherbiased.com via a thread on Fark. http://ratherbiased.com/temp/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 I thought that too, but they were really over-dramatizing. I mean if you want to talk close, lets look at Wisconsin, Iowa, New Mexico. Ohio really wasn't that close, especially when the precint numbers were showing Bush increases in comparison to 2000 in the majority of counties. Just like I was surprised how slow certain stations were to call Florida. They handled Florida like it was a hot potato. The networks got into a lot of trouble last time for calling the state prematurely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 All the networks were afraid to call the election. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 CBS and Dan Rather = Terrible. I flicked to NBC as soon as i Could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 I watched MSNBC mostly. It was all right. I got better info by reading the election thread, and checking on the internet. And whoever said the stations were afraid, was dead on right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Kickass Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 The one telling thing about the liberal media, most people missed. Ed Gillespie, chair of the RNC, let it slip that Tom Brokaw campaigned for Thune, the Republican challenger to Tom Daschle in South Dakota, where he's from. CNN had election coverage. Fox News not so much. I think thats why the numbers for Fox/CNN battle narrowed over the night. I think a lot of people are realizing that Fox has an agenda - and I think a backlash is starting. It won't erase their ratings lead, but it will probably dwindle somewhat. I'll say this. CNN.com and NewsNight with Aaron Brown, is clearly a superior Television product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Why the heck was Fox News so hesitant to cal California for Kerry? I like went to sleep and they still hadn't given it to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTUSChris Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 I was at an election party. They had Fox News on as well as someone online checking the other news networks. For a while I watched CNN because I left the party to sit and eat with some friends. My complaint about CNN is on the ticker they only showed who was leading and by what percent. Whereas Fox News had that on the ticker in addition to how many precincts were reporting. For the most part, I couldn't hear the news anyway so it didn't really matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted November 4, 2004 Author Share Posted November 4, 2004 One thing I did notice was Fox's ticker was a little more up to date time wise. They usually had a few percent higher with the precincts. I also noted that part Potus. I thought Fox's coverage got stronger as the night went on but for most of the early part I was on CNN. Plus everyone says Fox has bias, but Greta is a democrat and O'Reilly is doing everything he can to remain fair and balanced. I think both sides wanted to do as much as they could to make sure they were balanced for the election. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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