Apparently (and I'm getting this second-hand from Twitter, so use at least a
grain of salt), Chris Cuomo admitted on CNN tonight that part of the reluctance
to call the races is that Trump has lied about the process so much that they
need to be 100% certain, rather than somewhere in the 90s.
While I understand that mentality, it also strikes me as similar to what the
Democrats do in trying to appease people who would never watch, believe, or
vote for them in the vain hopes of appealing to their (non-existent) better
natures. Yes, there would be an "I told you so" if they declared Biden the
winner and Trump inexplicably pulled off an electoral Hail Mary, but the
troglodytes are already claiming it's fake news, so there's really nothing to
be lost.
--Dave Sikula
On Saturday, November 7, 2020, 12:58:40 AM PST, JW <[email protected]>
wrote:
> At this point many including myself are wondering if news outlets are
> reluctant to call the race out of fear of what Trump will say/do as
> reprisal.
I doubt it. The East Cupcake Pennysaver may be worried about blowback, but the
media whose calls we care about are well enough established to withstand
whatever grief they'd get, or are getting for waiting.
I think this is the residue of 2000. No doubt stringent standards were put into
place to make sure that no calls are made prematurely; the penalty for being
wrong is much greater than the reward for being the first to be right. And no
matter what any news organization reports, or any candidate claims, nothing is
official until the states release their final totals, whenever that may be.
Meantime, the reporting is out there for us to draw our own conclusions.
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