Baltimore Sun television critic David Zurawick offers details on how the news networks will change how they normally do business in presidential elections for this year’s coverage in order to…..get it right.
Tuesday night, viewers will witness what amounts to a philosophical about-face: For the first time in the 56-year history of TV election coverage, the major networks and cable channels covering the presidential vote will aim not to be first.
Kudos to all of them - they should be commended. No need to go back and forth on who they think “may have” won. Get it right, or don’t get it at all. I’ve heard criticism of the plans CBS put forth, but I think they aren’t making that bad of a decision - if they don’t know by 3am on Wednesday morning who the President is, then it probably isn’t going to “break” before the morning news hits.
