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glatt · 11-05-2008, 10:15 AM

I only had broadcast TV channels to choose from, and I found Fox to have the best coverage.

What I wanted to see was the numbers. A key number was the % of precincts reporting and then the second most important number was the percentage of votes for each candidate. Fox news had this information at the bottom of the screen for the entire broadcast, and they left it up there for each state long enough to have a chance to digest it. The other networks either didn't have both pieces of information, or they cycled through the numbers faster than you could read them. Unfortunately, Fox had horrible and distracting graphics all over the rest of the screen, and they kept cutting abruptly from the local affiliate to the national network with no segue. So even they weren't perfect.

I should have just gone online, because then I would have been able to look for the information I wanted to see. When I saw that Ohio went to Obama, I went to bed. I was pleased when I learned in the morning that my state, Virginia, went to Obama too. It's been frustrating to be in the minority here for the 19 years I've lived here.

11-05-2008, 10:15 AM	#28
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I only had broadcast TV channels to choose from, and I found Fox to have the best coverage. What I wanted to see was the numbers. A key number was the % of precincts reporting and then the second most important number was the percentage of votes for each candidate. Fox news had this information at the bottom of the screen for the entire broadcast, and they left it up there for each state long enough to have a chance to digest it. The other networks either didn't have both pieces of information, or they cycled through the numbers faster than you could read them. Unfortunately, Fox had horrible and distracting graphics all over the rest of the screen, and they kept cutting abruptly from the local affiliate to the national network with no segue. So even they weren't perfect. I should have just gone online, because then I would have been able to look for the information I wanted to see. When I saw that Ohio went to Obama, I went to bed. I was pleased when I learned in the morning that my state, Virginia, went to Obama too. It's been frustrating to be in the minority here for the 19 years I've lived here.