Last night when I went to bed, MSNBC had the Dems up 33 seats in the house, Fox News had them up 20. MSNBC posted it in large font as "+33!" and Fox News did it "House +5". MSNBC talked about "the wave" and Fox News had pundits saying, "Well, Dems better fix everything in 2 years that Republicans broke in the last 12 or they are worthless.". Fox News declared Corker's win in Tenessee a good 45 minutes before MSNBC did, and even when every vote counted MSNBC equivocated for quite some time, "with 100% counted Corker has more votes, but we aren't declaring a winner."(?).
It was interesting to see how the dismantling of objective journalism has led to parallel universes on different "news" channels, even with something like an election with an easy to read scoreboard. My guess is Fox News didn't want to dishearten their base and keep them feeling competitive for the upcoming '08 Presidential election. MSNBC was just playing to their crowd and popping the bubbly.
It was interesting to see how the dismantling of objective journalism has led to parallel universes on different "news" channels, even with something like an election with an easy to read scoreboard. My guess is Fox News didn't want to dishearten their base and keep them feeling competitive for the upcoming '08 Presidential election. MSNBC was just playing to their crowd and popping the bubbly.