I vaguely remember some time after, seeing a picture of Hillary chugging from a champagne bottle. I don’t think it was time/date stamped, so could have been any random day.
I went to bed a little later than normal that night (9 instead of 8) so definitely wasn’t decided by then, but at least I knew Trump was giving her a run for her money. I don’t have cable and barely get the alphabet stations, so watched no returns that night. I’ve seen a few clips here and there that FReepers posted online.
Last weekend I watched the full coverage by NBC and Fox News. I felt they were overall fairly decent. This weekend I discovered the CNN and MSNBC coverage posted (thank you, YouTube!) so watched those.
OMG!!! Maddow was absolutely disgusting, talking about Trump and ‘revenge politics’ and Van Jones....’people are terrified!!’ Did you IDIOTS care about US being concerned about all these unvetted immigrants you people have been importing??? UGH!!! If I had been Corey I would have laughed in his face!
And it was funny listening to them all giving the same talking points. Unfortunately both videos cut off right after Trump’s acceptance speech, so didn’t see their post analysis.
I am going to be re-watching that Election Night coverage for years to come. Will make up for all those elections I went to bed early out of disgust.
YouTube is such a historical repository. The 1980 Election night coverage is something to check out as well. The media was more reserved in those days and at least pretended to be neutral but you could see some of them gritting their teeth as the results flooded in.
This victory was sweeter than the 1980 victory because the media and establishment were so deeply vested in Hillary. The unexpected and solid Trump win truly devastated them.