Twitter Is Seriously Impressed With CNN Anchor John King's Nonstop Election Night Coverage
11/04/2020 12:38 pm EST
During his Election night coverage, Twitter users picked up on King using the phrase "this is fun" multiple times. He uttered the words when breaking down the votes coming from both Ohio and Florida, key battleground states.
King also showed his shock at several states initially running blue as the first ballots began being counted. At one point, he told Democrats to "take a picture" as he discussed the tallies being reported from battleground states such as Florida, Georgia, and Texas, which were blue at the beginning of the night.
According to Vulture, at one point in the night King even likened the results to baseball for sports fans. Discussing the counts in states like Pennsylvania, he said, "If this is a baseball game, this is the second or third inning."
Throughout the night, King also cautioned on several occasions that viewers should not put too much faith in what the early results were showing. He warned viewers that "maps can be deceptive" before launching into a discussion about early- and mail-ballot results, with some of these results not expected to be reported until later this week. He cautioned viewers, "just be careful."
In a statement to Variety ahead of Election Day, Sam Feist, CNN's Washington Bureau chief, explained that the network wanted to make sure viewers understood where the vote is heading and why. "An important message for our audience, and we will repeat it all night, is that just because it's taking longer to project the winner in these elections doesn't mean that anything is wrong," Feist said.
Later in the evening, King admitted that the coverage was getting a "bit redundant," stating, "For people at home who have been watching all night long, this is getting a bit redundant." He went on to remind viewers that "we have votes to count."
At this time, a clear victor is not expected to be known until later this week. Several key battleground states, including Pennsylvania, are not expected to finish counting mail-in battles until as late as Friday.
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