Comments on: Brokaw: Wait for the voters http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/09/brokaw-wait-for-the-voters/ Where TV Finds the Future Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:55:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: tdc http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/09/brokaw-wait-for-the-voters/#comment-676757 tdc Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:37:23 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/09/brokaw-wait-for-the-voters/#comment-676757 this has sego mine disaster written all over it. 'your trusted source' has a motto: getting it right comes in a close second to getting it first. this has sego mine disaster written all over it.

‘your trusted source’ has a motto: getting it right comes in a close second to getting it first.

]]> By: discreet_chaos http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/09/brokaw-wait-for-the-voters/#comment-676737 discreet_chaos Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:28:03 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/09/brokaw-wait-for-the-voters/#comment-676737 Chris Matthews wants a thorough investigation, as to why you couldn't just call a couple of hundred people and accurately predict how tens of thousands would've voted. Last night, MSNBC was an embarassment, but I watched it because it was fun to watch them squirm. Chris Matthews wants a thorough investigation, as to why you couldn’t just call a couple of hundred people and accurately predict how tens of thousands would’ve voted.

Last night, MSNBC was an embarassment, but I watched it because it was fun to watch them squirm.

]]> By: Steve Safran http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/09/brokaw-wait-for-the-voters/#comment-676681 Steve Safran Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:54:27 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/09/brokaw-wait-for-the-voters/#comment-676681 Frank: The writers were on strike. They had to use old material. Frank: The writers were on strike. They had to use old material.

]]> By: Frank Catalano http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/09/brokaw-wait-for-the-voters/#comment-676579 Frank Catalano Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:31:21 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/09/brokaw-wait-for-the-voters/#comment-676579 Side note: Did anyone with TiVo notice that while CNN's coverage of last night's NH primary was properly indicated with a "(2008)" after the title in the TiVo on-screen info guide, MSNBC's was tagged with date of "(2004)"? Who'd have thought that MSNBC would be airing a rerun? :) It was that way all evening. Side note: Did anyone with TiVo notice that while CNN’s coverage of last night’s NH primary was properly indicated with a “(2008)” after the title in the TiVo on-screen info guide, MSNBC’s was tagged with date of “(2004)”?

Who’d have thought that MSNBC would be airing a rerun?

:)

It was that way all evening.

]]> By: Swift Loris http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/09/brokaw-wait-for-the-voters/#comment-676301 Swift Loris Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:19:25 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/09/brokaw-wait-for-the-voters/#comment-676301 Yes, "everyone got it wrong." But Brokaw's key words were, "trying to stampede and affect the process." It's one thing to report poll numbers and quite another to use them to create narratives like "The End of the Clinton Era." There wasn't time for that to happen in 2000; the bad call was just embarrassing. Brokaw was speaking this time of something quite different and far more insidious. Yes, “everyone got it wrong.” But Brokaw’s key words were, “trying to stampede and affect the process.” It’s one thing to report poll numbers and quite another to use them to create narratives like “The End of the Clinton Era.” There wasn’t time for that to happen in 2000; the bad call was just embarrassing. Brokaw was speaking this time of something quite different and far more insidious.

]]> By: Hanson http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/09/brokaw-wait-for-the-voters/#comment-676102 Hanson Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:33:07 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/09/brokaw-wait-for-the-voters/#comment-676102 Before we canonize Tom (and I like the guy, having worked with him for a few years), let's not forget that he's speaking from deep experience after making a premature call on Gore in Florida back in 2000. I watched the media self-flagellation on MSNBC and it was enough for me to turn back to CNN last night. Let's not forget everyone got it wrong, including Obama and Clinton. I would have preferred that, instead of talking about themselves, they would have focused on what had just happened -- Obama's speech. Yes, the inaccurate polls are an issue, but that's serious inside baseball compared to what most Americans are focused on when they're watching these candidates. Before we canonize Tom (and I like the guy, having worked with him for a few years), let’s not forget that he’s speaking from deep experience after making a premature call on Gore in Florida back in 2000.

I watched the media self-flagellation on MSNBC and it was enough for me to turn back to CNN last night. Let’s not forget everyone got it wrong, including Obama and Clinton. I would have preferred that, instead of talking about themselves, they would have focused on what had just happened — Obama’s speech. Yes, the inaccurate polls are an issue, but that’s serious inside baseball compared to what most Americans are focused on when they’re watching these candidates.

]]> By: Dave http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/09/brokaw-wait-for-the-voters/#comment-675318 Dave Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:21:51 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/09/brokaw-wait-for-the-voters/#comment-675318 Amen. How about they just don't report polls... Give everyone a fair shot. Amen. How about they just don’t report polls…

Give everyone a fair shot.

]]> By: Joe G. http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/09/brokaw-wait-for-the-voters/#comment-675277 Joe G. Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:51:34 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/09/brokaw-wait-for-the-voters/#comment-675277 I never thought I'd seen it happen, but it's happening: Tom Brokaw is the new Walter Cronkite. I never thought I’d seen it happen, but it’s happening: Tom Brokaw is the new Walter Cronkite.

]]> By: Mike http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/09/brokaw-wait-for-the-voters/#comment-675237 Mike Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:24:05 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/09/brokaw-wait-for-the-voters/#comment-675237 Bravo. Tom Brokaw for President in 2012. Bravo. Tom Brokaw for President in 2012.

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