SNIP It was more a risky guess than a sound decision, and easily could have led to a missed call. This debate can be a little confusing, since Fox was right in the most important sense: It said Mr. Biden would win Arizona, and he ultimately did. Was the Fox call the result of the most sophisticated and accurate modeling, or more like being “right” when calling heads in a coin flip? It appears to be the latter — a lucky and dangerous guess — based on a review of televised statements by the Fox News decision team and publicly available data about the network’s modeling. ENDSNIP https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/upshot/fox-arizona-election-call.html Very interesting, if long and wonky, article... seems to be based on the thought that the people who returned their absentee ballots on election day, which would be probably counted last, would break for Mango, and Fox didn't fully take that into account. I know the Fox Election Desk shouldn't be confused with the talking monkeys on weeknights, but I enjoy watching any aspect of the GOP Media System get challenged. And, for any MAGAs reading this, REMEMBER, the early call didn't impact ANYTHING. No calls were made before polls closed, so no voters were impacted. Thoughts? Did Fox jump the gun? They sure got damn lucky Joe hung on....
Yes, Fox's analysis was flawed as it was too close to call and they should have undid the call I am guessing once's Trump's people started pressuring them, they did not want it to look like they were placating him Nothing was impacted, and the only reason for the uproar was the potential impact on Trump declaring victory before all the votes were counted
Can you find any examples of an election night call backed out? And by that, I don't mean the call was later determined to be wrong, but actually backed out before the final results are known? I didn't. I don't think you can unring that bell.... Once the call was made, it was just hang on for dear life and hope you are right...
A lesson for Fox is never call a close election until all the cheating allegations have been investigated by outside entities. Never, just don't do it even though you want so bad to be the first to call it.
Fair enough... although that was everybody making the same call.... I was thinking more about a single entity jumping the gun...
If the standard for "all the cheating allegations" was higher than "But I heard a scary and unsubstantiated rumor on social media," then you might have a point. But that's the Trumpist "standard."