Election Night Coverage
This will be brief. Apparently Senator Lieberman has retained his seat, but as in dependent. Senator Santorum has been ousted, which is a huge mistake for Pennsylvania. Senator Chafee's been replaced by a Democrat; no real change there, although the (R) on the end of his title gives some benefit to the Republicans, even if he seems pathologically incapable of voting correctly in the Senate. Senator Clinton has been reelected; no big surprise there, although you have to wonder about those millions of New York voters.
The only American media outlet I've checked regarding tonight's election has been CNN, and to say that I checked it is actually a misnomer since I'm really only there to check world news. However, the level of professionalism, sophistication, nuance, and objectivity is continuing to decline. At the point in time that I'm writing this blog post, their news flash banner states:
Now, I realize that the question on most political junkies' minds is "Will the Republicans retain control of Congress, or will the Democrats take control?" For a news organization of CNN's alleged reputation, they sure do a piss poor job at keeping their preference from becoming too obvious.
And to top it all off, CNN appears only to be reporting on races with the most high profile Republicans - they're completely ignoring all of the Democrats who are up for re-election who are in very real danger of losing their seats. Trying to influence polling with premature exit polls and misleading headlines? Perish the thought.
All of you regulars know that as aggravated as I may be sometimes with the Republican party, I think that putting the Democrats in any sort of position of power is an absolute accident waiting to happen; in fact, it's been borne out as such fairly consistently. Here's hoping.
UPDATE: And the BBC's morning headline? "Democrats triumph on bad night for Bush". Do you think the BBC could mask their contempt for President Bush just a little? Apparently not.
The only American media outlet I've checked regarding tonight's election has been CNN, and to say that I checked it is actually a misnomer since I'm really only there to check world news. However, the level of professionalism, sophistication, nuance, and objectivity is continuing to decline. At the point in time that I'm writing this blog post, their news flash banner states:
CNN projects Democratic win in Rhode Island, beating incumbent Lincoln Chafee, giving the Democrats three of the six pickups they need to take control of the Senate.
Now, I realize that the question on most political junkies' minds is "Will the Republicans retain control of Congress, or will the Democrats take control?" For a news organization of CNN's alleged reputation, they sure do a piss poor job at keeping their preference from becoming too obvious.
And to top it all off, CNN appears only to be reporting on races with the most high profile Republicans - they're completely ignoring all of the Democrats who are up for re-election who are in very real danger of losing their seats. Trying to influence polling with premature exit polls and misleading headlines? Perish the thought.
All of you regulars know that as aggravated as I may be sometimes with the Republican party, I think that putting the Democrats in any sort of position of power is an absolute accident waiting to happen; in fact, it's been borne out as such fairly consistently. Here's hoping.
UPDATE: And the BBC's morning headline? "Democrats triumph on bad night for Bush". Do you think the BBC could mask their contempt for President Bush just a little? Apparently not.
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