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Typical CNN... (Original Post) BlueDemKev Oct 2012 OP
They just want to keep it interesting, so that people will keep paying attention Rochester Oct 2012 #1
Nobody in the media knows what a win looks like anymore Floyd_Gondolli Oct 2012 #2
Their own repub weighted poll showed Obama a winner. cry baby Oct 2012 #3
Not In JiminyJominy Oct 2012 #4
I can't believe my big brother likes CNN so much. Jamaal510 Oct 2012 #5

Rochester

(838 posts)
1. They just want to keep it interesting, so that people will keep paying attention
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 12:16 AM
Oct 2012

meaning more advertising revenue for them.

Obama has had a fairly comfortable lead throughout, even with the scare a couple weeks ago. But reporting that is less profitable

JiminyJominy

(340 posts)
4. Not In
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 12:19 AM
Oct 2012

the best interest for the media to have this a blowout.

the media has been spinning a close election all along. the likes of John King get paid if this election is portrayed as close.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
5. I can't believe my big brother likes CNN so much.
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 12:24 AM
Oct 2012

He voted for Obama, but said that he thinks that MSNBC is "too slanted" for his taste, and prefers CNN because he thinks they're more honest. Go figure...

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