Comments on: Election night open thread http://www.lostremote.com/2006/11/07/election-night-open-thread/ Where TV Finds the Future Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:26:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Sam http://www.lostremote.com/2006/11/07/election-night-open-thread/#comment-698842 Sam Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:27:48 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2006/11/07/election-night-open-thread/#comment-698842 Wow, thanks for the excellent information! Wow, thanks for the excellent information!

]]> By: Dan http://www.lostremote.com/2006/11/07/election-night-open-thread/#comment-52392 Dan Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:00:09 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2006/11/07/election-night-open-thread/#comment-52392 I tried the KING5.com site for either video clips or the web stream live coverage that was mentioned here. The video clips won't work on my Macbook Pro and you wanted me to sign up for your site to just watch the live feed. But after quite a bit of time trying to get your regular video clips to work, I didn't spend any time signing up for your site. Dan I tried the KING5.com site for either video clips
or the web stream live coverage that was mentioned here. The video clips won’t work on my Macbook Pro and you wanted me to sign up for your site to just watch the live feed. But after quite a bit of time trying to get your regular video clips to work, I didn’t spend any time signing up for your site.

Dan

]]> By: Alyssa http://www.lostremote.com/2006/11/07/election-night-open-thread/#comment-52269 Alyssa Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:26:23 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2006/11/07/election-night-open-thread/#comment-52269 When working for a station in a neighboring state in 2004, I spent the evening at the state election HQ. Our staff had to choose their words very carefully that night. All the Elections Commission people were pretty adamant that they did not wish to pronounce anyone the 'official' winner of any race until Wednesday morning... something about the absentee ballots needing to be counted. At what point is it OK for a news outlet you're with to declare a winner? (I also ask this because some media outlets declared Deval Patrick our new governor before 8pm, when polls in some towns don't close until 8pm). When working for a station in a neighboring state in 2004, I spent the evening at the state election HQ. Our staff had to choose their words very carefully that night. All the Elections Commission people were pretty adamant that they did not wish to pronounce anyone the ‘official’ winner of any race until Wednesday morning… something about the absentee ballots needing to be counted.

At what point is it OK for a news outlet you’re with to declare a winner?

(I also ask this because some media outlets declared Deval Patrick our new governor before 8pm, when polls in some towns don’t close until 8pm).

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