Dicey from a legal standpoint is the fact that anyone at anytime, when faced with a poll, can give false information without fear of prosecution. I cannot think of any way to hold networks accountable when it comes to exit polls. I'd rather see accountability at the registration and voting levels and let the networks play their games.
As far as I'm concerned it is a given: Network news has an agenda, and I will treat it accordingly. It's the citizen's responsibility to sort out fact from fiction.
I'd like to see other ways of addressing this exit poll problem besides legislation and litigation if only because these could muzzle other freedoms down the road.
When we're talking about reporting exit polling data, I agree with you. Taking action would be inappropriate.
I was talking about collusion with one of the political parties about holding off calling for a state, especially after all of the vote numbers are in. It's one thing to refrain from calling a state, because it's statistacally possible for the state to go the other way, but you better make sure that all states with a similar potential are handled the same way. It's quite another thing to refrain from calling the state, because you get a phone call from one the interested parties telling you to refrain.