There was definitely something funny going on by Fox News calling Arizona so early. I was watching when it was called and it caught Bill Hemmer completely by surprise. He was doing his segment and scrolling though the big giant touchscreen all the networks use when he suddenly stopped and looked at the camera in dismay to announce the Fox election analysts had called Arizona so soon.

The guy who heads up Fox's election analysis, Arnon Mishkin, was highlighted in Chris Wallace's Sunday show as the "Power Player of the Week". Mishkin, an admitted democrat who voted for Hillary, vowed that personal politics plays no part in his calls. When he was interviewed not long after making the Arizona call, he cited several factors that put Trump out of competition. The on-air folks were baffled.

I don't know if Mishkin was allowing his politics to bias his views or if he was just incompetent, but the trends in Arizona show that Trump is closing in. Hell, even Rachel Maddow and MSNBC wouldn't call Arizona.

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(11-05-2020, 11:25 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote:

(11-05-2020, 11:04 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I've read some rumors that Trump is planning to start his own TV network.  It would compete with Fox News channel for the right-wing viewer.  

He certainly has a lot of extremely devoted fans.  He'll probably figure out a way to make money on that.  Nothing wrong with that.  That's just free enterprise.

I think he could be successful with that. With the recent turning of Fox News, I think he could poach some of their legitimate talent.

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(11-05-2020, 11:11 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: It’s also rumored that Bezos wants to buy CNN. 

I would be perfectly happy if one of these tycoons would buy an existing network, fire everyone, and start all over with a neutral network. Don’t even go 24 hours. Sign off at midnight and start again at 5:00 with nothing but news. CNN successfully did it for years, even at 24 hours.

Bezos owns the Washington Post and it is a political arm of the DNC. I wouldn't count on a Bezos owned CNN being fair and partial, lol.

Me either.

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