Newsweek on Fox election coverage: like being at "a wake."

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If there was any fun to be had from the news coverage, it was focusing on the subtle messages that the networks were sending. Fox News went through most of the evening like it was at a wake. Bill Kristol sounded like he could barely muster the energy to report the results, except when it came to regularly questioning the accuracy of exit polls, which he and his cohorts repeatedly insisted tilt Democratic. And what was with that “Power Plays” board with a square for each state and hand-drawn lines moving back and forth between the Democratic and Republican sides? It was supposed to illustrate how the Senate was moving, but it looked more like it was stolen from the local high-school football team. The only thing good about it was that it wasn’t quite as silly as that hand-held white board that Tim Russert now feels compelled to drag out for each election.

If the folks on Fox needed to take their vitamins, CNN seemed to have overdosed on something—or, rather, on everything. They had a blizzard of flat-screen monitors flashing so many results it was impossible to tell what any one of them said—it looked like Times Square. There were also row after row of analysts, who were constantly visited by a round-robin rotation of anchors. At least the network helped us identify the players without a scorecard. Did you notice how all the Republican consultants wore red ties while the Democrats wore blue? Very clever.

[Marnieworld]

1. That's exactly what hubby and I said last night

We'd visit every now and then for giggles. Brit Hume was so despondent that he would just have this low monotone mumbling.

Waaaaaa!

On edit:
The best part was how radically different their projections were. MSNBC, CNN, CBS had the dems projected at gaining 20 -33 seats approx. at the same time Faux had 3 seats gained.

[dogday]

2. Mr. Hume's face did seem longer than usual... nt

[Coexist]

3. is that possible?

[redqueen]

4. Awwwww... now I wish I'd have tuned in!

:rofl:

[txindy]

5. They showed their true colors last night. Objective reporting? Pffffffft!

Corporate controlled media.