I was somewhat surprised seeing Fox calling things so early, when they were making calls not favoring Trump. Far-left news organizations were much more conservative than Fox in calling states for Biden that were close.
Fox viewers probably don't even realize that Fox News has actual anchors that provide relatively factual news. While the prime time personalities are relatively unhinged, you don't get much more reasonable than Chris Wallace for example.
The AP is about as neutral as you can get and they all called the states around the time Fox did. Facebook was certainly conservative in choosing a source for election results to avoid controversy. But I think the media companies being so conservative on calling states was really just to build dramatic tension and keep the eyeballs focused in. When Fox and the AP called the results, it was nearly mathematically unfeasible for them to come out another way.
I was somewhat surprised seeing Fox calling things so early, when they were making calls not favoring Trump. Far-left news organizations were much more conservative than Fox in calling states for Biden that were close.
Fox News Statisticians are among the best. The so called liberal media were indeed conservative about it. They were a bit skittish since the last general election
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Calling the election (Score:2)
I was somewhat surprised seeing Fox calling things so early, when they were making calls not favoring Trump. Far-left news organizations were much more conservative than Fox in calling states for Biden that were close.
Re:Calling the election (Score:4, Insightful)
Fox viewers probably don't even realize that Fox News has actual anchors that provide relatively factual news. While the prime time personalities are relatively unhinged, you don't get much more reasonable than Chris Wallace for example.
The AP is about as neutral as you can get and they all called the states around the time Fox did. Facebook was certainly conservative in choosing a source for election results to avoid controversy. But I think the media companies being so conservative on calling states was really just to build dramatic tension and keep the eyeballs focused in. When Fox and the AP called the results, it was nearly mathematically unfeasible for them to come out another way.
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I was somewhat surprised seeing Fox calling things so early, when they were making calls not favoring Trump. Far-left news organizations were much more conservative than Fox in calling states for Biden that were close.
Fox News Statisticians are among the best. The so called liberal media were indeed conservative about it. They were a bit skittish since the last general election