How CNN, Fox News and MSNBC Covered Mid-Term Elections

A review of how CNN, Fox News and MSNBC covered the election results on Tuesday night provides insight into how the three 24-hour cable networks have proposed slightly different themes and stories as they emerge. the arrival of the votes. Here is our detailed report, comparison and contrast guide.

Sure MSNBC, Democratic political consultant James Carville said that he was not expecting much from a blue wave. Senator Claire McCaskill, Democrat of Missouri, also expressed optimism about her party's chances. "I do not know what's going to happen tonight," McCaskill said in an interview with anchor Rachel Maddow.

(She ended up losing big.)

On to Fox News, the focus was on the Florida governor's race between Ron DeSantis, a Republican backed by President Trump, and Mayor Andrew Gillum of Tallahassee, a Democrat. Engineer Laura Ingraham, committee member for the evening, said that if Mr. DeSantis "wins a win here, I have to say it's all Donald Trump won for him."

The Senate Contest in Texas was an important subject CNN. Working on the interactive map known as the Magic Wall, John King wondered just now whether Beto O'Rourke, the Democratic senator defying Senator Ted Cruz, outgoing president of the Republican Party, "managed to achieve the Texas miracle ".

Mr. King also touched on a theme that would become a common misconception at the end of the night: "The American suburbs are revolting against President Trump."

Fox News he was seconded from the press kit at 21:33. Anchor Bret Baier boldly said, "We are now ready to make one of the biggest calls of the night. The Fox News "decision office" can now project Democrats taking control of the House of Representatives for the first time in eight years. "

Under the leadership of polling station chief Arnon Mishkin, Fox News was using a different set of voter data than its rivals – and it has paid off. Chris Wallace said that after taking control of the House, Democrats could open an investigation into Mr. Trump. "It's a very big deal," he said. "It will be a different Washington."

While Fox News envisioned the downside of a flipped House for the President, the mood at the liberal trend MSNBC was suspicious, if not morose. Chris Matthews tried to set the mood by thinking that "the Democrats could end up capturing what I would call a wave" at 2 pm. Towards the end of the hour, at 9:57 pm – NBC News has given Democrats a 90% chance to take control of the House.

Also lagging behind Fox News, CNN organized a round table moderated by Anderson Cooper on the lack of democratic dynamism. "It's heartbreaking," said Liberal panelist Van Jones.

With few races to call early, MSNBC resembled the local New York NY1 news channel during a long discussion on transportation infrastructure in the tristate New York region. Debate resumed with the projection that Mr. Cruz had defeated Mr. O'Rourke, a rising star of the Democratic Party, and a definitive call to the idea that the Democrats should stand in the House.

Fox News had already advanced, informing viewers that Republicans would widen their majority in the Senate.

"In the end, the Conservative justice train will continue to roll," said Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. Towards the end of a remote interview, Graham then warned the Democrats of the House against any attempt to remove Mr. Trump: "It will explode in the face," he said. declared.

Sure CNN, the graphics were sumptuous and the fanfare music resounded with each call, but the projections of the network remained cautious, the anchors deciding not to appeal to a democratic house until ….

Wolf Blitzer, CNNThe host, finally projected that Democrats would take the House at 11 o'clock. He described the development as "a very significant defeat for Mr. Trump".

Manu Raju, the Democratic Party's Washington party correspondent, said party members were already considering verifying the president's tax returns and his dealings with foreign governments.

MSNBC opened the hour with Mr. Gillum's concession speech before Ms. Maddow and her team had time to guess in an enlightened way how a democratically controlled House could change the country. AT Fox NewsBaier and co-presenter Martha MacCallum interviewed Florida's governor-elect, DeSantis, to discuss his narrow victory.

Back in CNN's workshop, Jones said his "heart was restored" with "the end of the one-party regime in the United States, thank God."

Another panel member, former Senator Rick Santorum, a Republican, said Trump would like to have the chance to turn a Democratic House into a target, calling it a "huge advantage."