What network will have the best (non-bias) election night coverage?

[recto101]

I didn't think to turn back to Fox since the affiliate had gone back to its local news. But I was on Fox four years ago when it happened. They can be praised for not acting like it was a disaster, though it sure felt like one at the time.

Every time I tuned in to CBS, Romney was ahead in both the popular vote (irrelevant) and the electoral college. Except once when they were tied, and now that I think of it that may have been someone else. Still, they kept saying it looked like Obama would eventually catch up (bias?), and they were right.

But I was on PBS when the big moment came, since the Big Three had gone to local newscasts. I wasn't getting anything but analysis. No updates. Until the big moment came.

I'm glad I waited because I might have gone to bed thinking Romney won.

Now let's just hope America did the right thing.

I bounced between CBS, PBS and ABC. When I saw it PBS and CBS at one point showed both Romney and Obama tied. I know in some areas Local Affiliates pre-empted National election coverage for Local and state election coverage like Proposition, Senate races, Mayor races, Governor seats, State Assembly races when California and Ohio electoral counts were called. I know KPIX and KGO in San Francisco had Bay Area and State of California election updates at :25 and :55 of each hour before the California, Washington State, Oregon, Nevada, and Ohio counts were called at the 8pm hour in the San Francisco Bay area. I saw the CBS "Special Report" sign come up when Ohio was called and President Obama got all the electoral votes while Scott Pelly was talking. This had to have been a clue that some of the CBS Stations did pre-empt the first 20 minutes of the National election coverage Local news in some parts of the USA.

 

[nomadcowatbk]

I don't normally watched Fox News, but I was at an event where that was all that was available. Fox was decent (sometimes slower than or faster than NBC depending on the call) at its decision desk, but the analysis was WAY too far right for me.

That's why they exist. We'll see if their ratings drop as their angry-old-white-guy audience dies off. I can see them being somewhat down 4 years from now.

Will there be an audience of future old white guys after the current old white guys die off?