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[FLASHBACK] Fox News goes out on a limb on House Democrats (Bret Baier giddily announces Democrats take majority)
politico.com ^ | 11/7/22 | JASON SCHWARTZ and MICHAEL CALDERONE

Posted on 11/08/2022 5:58:43 AM PST by cotton1706

At 9:33 p.m., anchor Bret Baier declared, “We are now ready to make one of the biggest calls of the night. The Fox News Decision Desk can now project the Democrats will take control of the House of Representatives for the first time in eight years.”

“A lot of listeners out there, their heads are exploding, but this is going to be a very different Washington,” his colleague Chris Wallace said.

At a time when it seemed the night could be turning away from Democrats, the Fox News call of the House was the first by any media outlet. And for about 50 minutes, Fox News was alone in its certainty, providing possibly the biggest drama in a night when the overall themes were roughly what pundits expected. Some liberals seized on the declaration as cause for hope, while others on both sides of the political spectrum took to Twitter with evidence-free speculation about why the network had made its call so early.

Fox News attributed its quick call to its new “Fox News Voter Analysis” system, launched in partnership with the AP ahead of the midterms. Rather than rely on notoriously flawed exit polls, Fox said its new methodology is based on surveys conducted across 50 states by NORC at the University of Chicago, a non-partisan research group, in combination with voting results collected by the AP.

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TOPICS: Government; History; Politics
KEYWORDS: 2018; baier; brettbaier; coursecorrection; elections; electionz; electionzzz; elekchunz; fakenews; fauxnews; fixnews; foxnews; tds
Let's see what time Bret Baier and his intensely white teeth announces that the Republicans have taken the majority.

I bet he won't be smiling as much. And the insufferable Chris Wallace won't be with him either

1 posted on 11/08/2022 5:58:43 AM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

I put the wrong date. Should be 11/7/18, not 11/7/22.

Just habit of putting in the current year. Sorry about that.


2 posted on 11/08/2022 6:00:13 AM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Is NeverTrump News wearing black today?


3 posted on 11/08/2022 6:00:14 AM PST by bray (The Republic of Texas is available on Barnes and Noble )
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To: cotton1706

And I bet they won’t be calling it for days...


4 posted on 11/08/2022 6:00:47 AM PST by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: bray

“Is NeverTrump News wearing black today?”

That’s tomorrow, haha


5 posted on 11/08/2022 6:01:02 AM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

I will NOT be watching Fox News tonight. Sure, they have a good prime time lineup, but their “news” people are like MSNBC-lite. They are always trying to hurt the GOP/conservatives.


6 posted on 11/08/2022 6:05:32 AM PST by Dan in Wichita
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To: cotton1706
Bret Baier = Major Mockingbird Media shill...

He is on the list and has a slot reserved at Gitmo (if he's not already there) for his tribunal...

7 posted on 11/08/2022 6:06:11 AM PST by Dubh_Ghlase (Wake up! The Philistines are upon you!)
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To: cotton1706

Does anyone know of a good source to watch the results? Preferably one that’s not fox,cnn,MSNBC or any other mainstream news.


8 posted on 11/08/2022 6:08:38 AM PST by dm4
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To: cotton1706

Do you guys ever actually watch Fox News? The coverage is nothing like this.


9 posted on 11/08/2022 6:10:35 AM PST by beef (Say NO to the WOE (War On Energy))
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To: dm4

Louder with Crowder on Rumble. They will “talk over” the reporting, but usually funny or informative facts.


10 posted on 11/08/2022 6:13:43 AM PST by bobonthejob
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To: beef

No, because I don’t have the channel anymore and haven’t for years. But I wouldn’t if I did.


11 posted on 11/08/2022 6:14:40 AM PST by cotton1706
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To: beef; All

I remember the ‘Fox Decision Desk’ with 6% of the votes tallied in Arizona awarding Arizona to Bidet. That is the Fox election coverage I remember.


12 posted on 11/08/2022 6:15:07 AM PST by robowombat
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To: cotton1706

“[FLASHBACK] Fox News goes out on a limb on House Democrats (Bret Baier giddily announces Democrats take majority)”

[FLASHBACK] FAUX News goes out on a limb on House Democrats (Bret Baier giddily announces Democrats take majority)

There, fixed it


13 posted on 11/08/2022 6:17:01 AM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: cotton1706

Fox News is no longer welcome at my house. When Steve Douchebag Doocey implied that Trump took nuclear info to sell to Putin, was the icing on the cake. Newsmax is a little better, Real America New is much better.


14 posted on 11/08/2022 6:24:26 AM PST by kenmcg (t)
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To: cotton1706

Chris Stirewalt nowhere to be found......still hiding under a rock.


15 posted on 11/08/2022 6:27:36 AM PST by GotMojo ( )
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To: cotton1706

Get another face lift Bret.


16 posted on 11/08/2022 6:48:43 AM PST by Hammerhead
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To: cotton1706

Baier is as much an asswipe lefty as Wallace was.
I loathe and despise him.


17 posted on 11/08/2022 7:03:19 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: bray

Brett Baier is a registered democrat. Should be no surprise.


18 posted on 11/08/2022 7:33:52 AM PST by TiGuy22
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To: Dubh_Ghlase

Baier needs to be given a dirt nap.


19 posted on 11/08/2022 7:44:07 AM PST by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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