CBS And Its 8:09 PM Indiana Call

[DeepModem Mom]

TV Newser: Wednesday May 07, 2008
Behind The Early CBS Call

In the end, CBS News had it right, it just took more than five hours for competing TV networks to project Hillary Clinton the winner in Indiana, too. (With 99% reporting, Clinton won by 2% or 22,412 votes.)...

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/politics/behind_the_early_cbs_call_84224.asp

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Media Bistro: Wednesday May 07, 2008
CBS Discusses Its Early Call

CBS News Director of Surveys Kathy Frankovic reflects on CBS' early call last night and tells FishbowlDC: "When we made the projection, we remained confident Senator Clinton would carry Indiana based on the information we had gathered about vote projections and the demographic composition of the vote that was yet to be counted."

A CBS News spokesperson also tells us: ""We have an excellent decision team. In addition, we had access to some vote count information before the AP in critical locations."

Link to video of the CBS call: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNotAGwCV5E

[babylonsister]

1. IOW, they got lucky! nt

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. Praying all night long. nt

[TwilightGardener]

3. What asses. They shouldn't have done it.