![]() ![]() There were many others, including John Dickerson of CBS News, who did fine work.īut perhaps nobody got the airtime of King as CNN smartly eschewed its army of pundit panels in lieu of real-time insights that were also virtually a county-by-county demographic and historical survey. He served once again as maestro of CNN’s “Magic Wall” and did so with measured, systematic and microscopic detail and analysis. Political junkies, and maybe even the modest array of American civics teachers, should thank King. So reserve your seats now for the many perfect-for-C-SPAN symposia on “The 2016 Election: Where did the pollsters go wrong?” That was part and parcel of a dramatic turnaround for him, having rather steadfastly called the race pretty darn sure for Clinton. Nobody foresaw what both The Washington Post and The New York Times this morning headlined, “TRUMP TRIUMPHS,” with the New York Daily News going with a landscape shot of the White House and “ HOUSE OF HORRORS.” The Wall Street Journal’s Gerald Seib’s analysis: “‘ Deplorables’ Rise Up to Reshape America.”īy 11:37 p.m., the estimable, if recently derided (by The Huffington Post) data-cruncher Nate Silver acknowledged that Democrats’ best hope if Trump won Wisconsin was a 269-269 tie. It was a “big middle finger” to the political and media establishment, said “Morning Joe’s” Willie Geist this morning. John King, covering his eighth presidential race, is a big winner amid what Bruce Springsteen might call a pants-dropping, house-rocking, earth-quaking, booty-shaking political stunner.Ī great journalist chum calls it a “dystopian nightmare.” At minimum, it was precisely that for the Polling-Survey Industrial Complex whose errant ways were laid bare during King’s night-long tour de force. Want to get this briefing in your inbox every morning? Subscribe here. Here’s our daily summary of all the media news you need to know. ![]()
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