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Canada's CBC News calls US Election win for President Elect Biden before major US News Networks

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Alavard

Alavard

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Oct 25, 2017
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I don't see it anywhere on the CBC website.

The headline is still "Biden widens lead in Pennsylvania and Georgia, inches closer to U.S. presidency"
 
Surakian

Surakian

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Oct 27, 2017
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I don't fucking know why they haven't called anything yet. It's not engaging or fun or worth whatever views they might be getting.
 

Rebel1

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VariantX

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Surakian said:
I don't fucking know why they haven't called anything yet. It's not engaging or fun or worth whatever views they might be getting.
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Partially to keep people watching and racking up ad revenue and ratings, partially out of caution because we're in uncharted territory here when the president is shitting all over what remains of democratic process while at the same time shitting all over the press while a non-insignificant number of Americans agree with him. Hes done more in the past 4 years to dehumanize the opposition while ratcheting them up at the same time. People have already tried to do crazy ass shit specifically because of the shit hes said.
 
DiipuSurotu

DiipuSurotu

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Oct 25, 2017
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Ironic. Trump wanted interference from Putin's folks, they got it from poutine's folks instead.
 
syth

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Oct 25, 2017
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This threads a bit quieter so I might ask here...

Why is everyone all " The news have called it"

Why is the media saying what is and isn't a win?

Shouldnt that be decided by some form of official... officialdom that makes this decision?
 
Red

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Oct 26, 2017
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syth said:
This threads a bit quieter so I might ask here...

Why is everyone all " The news have called it"

Why is the media saying what is and isn't a win?

Shouldnt that be decided by some form of official... officialdom that makes this decision?
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Media outlets project a winner. There are assumptions involved with their projections. Eventually, there will be an official result. That result won't come until legal battles are complete and election boards have completed the requisite recounts.
 
TeenageFBI

TeenageFBI

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Oct 25, 2017
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syth said:
This threads a bit quieter so I might ask here...

Why is everyone all " The news have called it"

Why is the media saying what is and isn't a win?

Shouldnt that be decided by some form of official... officialdom that makes this decision?
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In basically every modern election, the American media will project victory based on ballots cast and the composition of remaining ballots. If there's no chance for a particular candidate, the other guy is declared the winner. The official results come later once every vote is actually counted.
 
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    aerie

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    I couldn't find a source for this outside of just a bit of Twitter buzz talking about it. I'll keep my eye open for information regarding this, and if anything does come up, .Detective., shoot me a PM and I'll open the thread back up.
     
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