MSNBC better than CNN on election coverage

[Proud liberal 80]

One thing I noticed last night is that CNN had no clue on where and what the remaining vote was, while MSNBC was able to tell you the detail....John King kept on saying stuff like ‘we need to wait to see where the vote is’ or ‘The Democrats may not be able to catch up’.....where as Kornacki could pinpoint by precinct and knew what was going to happen

[hlthe2b]

1. I have to admit last night that was absolutely the case. Kornacki gets on my nerves, but

he was on top of everything, so kudos.

[LiberalArkie]

17. Steve reminds me of me with Aspergers when I was in my 20's and 30's. Numbers were my thing.

I was most excited when I got on the hunt figuring out things with numbers.

I remember Kornacki explains to Rachel back in the Primary, that if this happens in this county and this happens in this county and this happens while writing the numbers on the screen and the total changed to what Kornacki figured as everyone watched.

He is the number guy.

[BComplex]

2. Kornacki and the MSNBC team has their act together!

They have the best show on tv from 6:00 pm until midnight. All of those prime time anchors are just simply awesome.

[Roland99]

4. He's America's #ChartThrob

[BComplex]

8. Love it!!

[tulipsandroses]

3. Pitiful, given that CNN is here in ATL

Really pitiful when the CNN headquarters is here in GA. I would expect them to know the lay of the land.

[malaise]

5. This one yes n/t

[still_one]

6. Some here don't care for Steve Kornacki, but from my observation he knows his numbers, and they

are usually right on

[Wellstone ruled]

7. You just know when

CNN put John King on a live commentary,they were just throwing shit against the wall looking for something to stick. Talk about out of the loop.

King is great at filling air time with spittle.

[Proud liberal 80]

14. It crazy

I would be watching MSNBC talk about how there was 171,000 votes in Delkab and the Dems will get 80% of that, and then I would turn to CNN and all John King would say is that the Dems are down and there isn’t much remaining vote

[Wellstone ruled]

15. Being older than dirt,

do remember King working as a Beat Reporter running around doing real Reporting in the Midwest. Once he got the big paycheck,he lost his Mojo and has been living off his Reputation ever since.

[SKKY]

9. And it's 99% because of Kornacki...

...dude is just a freak show of data. His analysis sometimes crosses from science into art.

[Happy Hoosier]

11. Yup... I know some don't like him, but I do.

Nate Cohn from the NYT is even more of a data wonk, and I love following him on Twitter during elections. But the Kornacki is the best at this on the TeeVee.

[honest.abe]

10. Yeah, Kornacki pretty much had it pegged the entire night.

Kudos to Steve and his crew!

[Happy Hoosier]

12. He did! NT

[honest.abe]

13. Also, the NYT "needle" had it right from the beginning.

I know it has failed a few times in the past but seems they have it perfected now.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

16. Yeah, MSNBC was great!

[Cha]

18. That's what I got from reading

about the two stations here.

Somebody mentioned cnn was Negative!

[Proud liberal 80]

19. Not much negative, but more not knowing what was going on

[Cha]

20. I think John King was mentioned.

[mtnsnake]

21. MSNBC has been 10 times tougher on Trump than CNN for a long time & that includes Morning Joe

who has attacked Trump like a junkyard dog for 4 years.

And yes, their election coverage was better.