I watched the presidential elections on CNN from about 8 to 12:30. I remember parts of the elections from 2004, but it was nowhere near as exciting or as interesting to me as yesterday’s election. It was very interesting to hear what CNN was saying and then flip to another channel to compare what the other channel was saying. Since CNN is usually more Democratic than other stations, they always had Obama winning more electoral votes. It was interesting that the stations would project who got each state and although it wasn’t official the candidates spoke after the projected winner was announced. It seemed weird to me that they were able to celebrate their victory or mourn their defeat before it was officially announced. Many of the projections were made with only a few percent of the precincts, which seemed that the results wouldn’t be accurate but in the end, the projections were correct. It was amazing to watch Obama’s speech and know that it was a major turning point in our history.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
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I agree with what you said. I also thought it was interesting how the made the decisions seem final even though they weren't. Also, you mentioned how CNN tends to be more democratic. News networks say that they are unbiased and fair, but really I think all of them have more influence on one said than the other. Like Fox says before commercial breaks that they are 'fair and balanced', but really they tend to be more republican. However, during election day they seemed more democratic, which was interesting.
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