Posted on 10/21/2012 8:46:52 PM PDT by Scotswife
The 2012 presidential election is still more than two weeks away, but on Friday a CBS News affiliate in Arizona called the race for President Barack Obama.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/10/21/cbs-news-affiliate-calls-2012-presidential-race-for-barack-obama-weeks-ahead-of-election/#ixzz29znvhrOk
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
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Will there even BE a CBS in five years...? How about in TEN?
My bet is NO and crap like this is why.
It wont be close
"CBS knows we're ahead in the ground race. We have fixed everything - and we're only sorry they killed the suspense! Part of the fun is in getting people to believe Mitt Romney has a chance. Not from where the President stands. And that my dear friends - is the absolute truth! Who would you believe, the Republicans or our CBS affiliate? And that is the only thing that really matters - being an Information Minister is such a great privilege - and you can quote me on it."
well well well....isn’t that interesting.
if that is called electioneering, so is Hannity
whhhaaatttt??? the heck is that?
Should I still buy the booze?
Oh, I get it now.. 0bama issues an E.O. which allows the news media to determine who wins, regardless of popular vote or electoral college vote.
“I don’t know anything about working in television.
I’m trying to figure out why they might be doing an election “test run”....but I’ve come up with nothing except the obvious”
I worked for a number of years in broadcasting. Mostly radio, but some television too. The answer is, there is no reason why they would be doing an election “test run” that would actually end up on the air.
Think about it like this. Let’s say tomorrow there is a ten car pile-up in their viewing area. They’re going to get that information on their ticker in a matter of seconds. There’s no test run for something specific like that because there’s no way anyone could know that it was going to happen.
It’s possible that they just wanted to see how the graphic would look, checking the alignment for instance. Still, there’s no reason why that would have to go out onto the air. In radio we had a method called “audition” where we could preview something that we wanted to put out over the air, but for our ears in the control room only. That was how we did things like cue up tapes (back when there were tapes). In television, a master control technician can do the exact same thing with graphics. There would be no reason for it to make it on to the air... Well, an accident can happen, or someone CAN do something on purpose for whatever reason.
But there really is no logical reason why this ever ended up on television. Worse yet, the affiliate isn’t answering questions about it as of yet when they should be explaining themselves right now in a very big way.
Oh you mean voter fraud..yeah I can pretty much guarantee thats gonna happen..this is the Dem party we are talking about here..thats how they win elections..our job is to stop them
How different is the election ticker than the regular ticker? Why didn’t we see test-run primary tickers?
The Ohio flub isn’t a ticker and certainly that could have been tested without throwing it out for the public to see.
Notice on the screencap that they allotted O 43%? With great poetic justice, he may indeed wind up with that exact 43%, with Romney garnering the other 57%, and that would be a beautiful and righteous thing!
Has election day been cancelled?
Ok - thank you for that post.
my spidey senses are tingling
I’m thinkin’ I’ll just go fishin’ on election day now.
Shucks, and I thought we had such a good chance, Dern it!
I really think we’re all gonna’ need the booze.
well that’s just it...they could post fake numbers, but poll workers out there would -or should- recognize right away if their figures have been manipulated.
Should I still buy the booze?
Yes, buy the booz, but no bubbly, buy souer mash instead
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