Exactly.
On Wed, 4 Nov 2020 at 6:46 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > My impersonation of John King on CNN last night: > > “Ok, let’s look at Florida, 2 percent has reported in, and these numbers > could mean anything, they will change, and they just did, with 3 percent > reporting, we see two counties have reported in, but these numbers aren’t > necessarily reflective of the final count, so stay tuned. Ok? As I said > that the numbers changed. Let’s compare those changes to changes from the > Carter/Reagan election, but remember those numbers aren’t really a fair > comparison, but let’s waste time talking about it anyway, no... wait... the > numbers have changed again... with 4 percent reporting, these numbers will > change, so stay tuned...” > > Ugh. > > On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 5:32 PM 'bermuda999' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> CBS should have utilized the debate microphone MUTE button on Gayle King >> constantly trying to interrupt election analysis >> for her weak unfunny zingers that would barely be interesting on CBS This >> Morning >> Her participation was particularly horrifying next to Norah O'Donnell's >> no-nonsense approach >> John Dickerson was particularly quiet and deferred to the other >> panelists. He actually looked exhausted >> On Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at 5:51:30 PM UTC-5 PGage wrote: >> >>> I bounced around a bit last night and this morning (I was up until 4:00 >>> am PT), but mostly watched NBC/MSNBC, CNN and ABC. >>> >>> I won’t spend a lot of time here trying to persuade a skeptical audience >>> about MSNBC, I find their coverage to be fair to good. I love Nicole >>> Wallace, who I think was the hero of the night in all the coverage I saw, >>> because she stubbornly and persistently kept reminding people, even during >>> the early Blue Mirage that got a lot of analysts obsessing on the >>> possibility of a Blue Tidal Wave, that Biden’s focus was on WI, MI and PA, >>> and that none of the early Blue losses should be allowed to influence the >>> judgement of how a Biden was doing. She was absolutely right of course, and >>> is charming and fetching as hell to boot. Also, I like Kornacki. >>> >>> On the other hand, I was simply appalled by how horrible CNN was. Bad, >>> bad, bad. I am shocked at how much praise John King seems to get; he is >>> horrid. He knows the actual numbers, but does not seem to understand >>> context,mornworse,modes understand, but chooses to obscure it to pimp >>> audience interest. Repeatedly I saw Kornacki report a result while pointing >>> out that even though it looked good for either Biden or Trump, it was >>> really bad or tepid, given that he was expected or needed to do better in >>> that county in order to win the state. King OTOH repeatedly reported the >>> same result, but would say something like: “is that enough for X? We will >>> have to see.” Also, yikes, *Van Jones* and, icky, still in danger of >>> getting a lot of Santorum on you when you watch CNN. >>> >>> What impressed me about ABC was the restraint of their projection desk, >>> which not only more cautious than Fox and NBC, but also the very restrained >>> AP. >>> >>> I had planned to watch more CBS but never got around to it, so not sure >>> how they did. >>> -- >>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/25a35617-609a-4f50-907b-a18302aa5ad3n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/25a35617-609a-4f50-907b-a18302aa5ad3n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AQugT8VKgnHyYoVWKR49gpstkxe71JiMp2X-kjLwO8Kg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AQugT8VKgnHyYoVWKR49gpstkxe71JiMp2X-kjLwO8Kg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKuCcQAKDGdoDFxAmCw_hJmSDRr4S4Ym%2BuSKEDouH_BpA%40mail.gmail.com.
