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Well?

CNN
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13%
Fox News
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CBS
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No votes
NBC
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No votes
Other
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17%
The Daily show
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60%
 
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So, who do rely on for election results?

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I'm personally going to watch the Daily show's coverage of it.

I loved their slogan.

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I have no TV. I will therefore do like I usually do for breaking news and political debates, and watch this board's coverage of it. 8)
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It's sick, but I'll be watching the Daily show. Their slogan is absolutely correct, and they'll be just as accurate as anyone else once the real result comes in. Plus it'll at least be entertaining.
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I put "other", since I really don't care where I get my coverage of the election from, as long as it isn't blatantly innacurate. However, I'm leaning toward watching the Daily Show's coverage of it, for the humor.
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Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:However, I'm leaning toward watching the Daily Show's coverage of it, for the humor.
Exactly. Nothing puts a damper on the horror of Bush being re-elected like the Daily Show. :P
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Chardok wrote:It's sick, but I'll be watching the Daily show. Their slogan is absolutely correct, and they'll be just as accurate as anyone else once the real result comes in. Plus it'll at least be entertaining.
"Prelude to a Recount." :)

I'll be watching The Daily Show's live coverage, as well.
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Various online sites, with probably NBC News or MSNBC running in the background (I loved Tim Russert's low-tech visual aid from 2000, hopefully he'll bring it back).
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Jon Stewart rules.
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I'll be hitting up the Daily Show late Tuesday, but during the day I'll probably just listen to what other people are saying.
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Two of my countrys national TV-stations are sending it live so Ill be watching that.
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I wish that no reports were given till all of the polls are closed.

Then I watch the Daily Show :P .
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I'll read the paper on Wednesday.
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Howedar wrote:I'll read the paper on Wednesday.
...December 2nd?

I really don't know yet. I'll probably watch the Daily Show a little, but I still can't stomach the fact that a parody news show is more reliable and non-biased than most Major News Networks.
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Given that the result will most likely come out at 4am here, I'll just wake up at 11 and see what's happening here.
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Gandalf wrote:Given that the result will most likely come out at 4am here, I'll just wake up at 11 and see what's happening here.
Rogue 9 wrote:I have no TV.
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You can watch DVDs on a computer, and I don't really see all that much on TV worth watching. Sure, you get some awesome things like Futurama---but you get a lot of crap, and unless you have a TiVo or something similar, the crap determines when you watch TV. I don't want to be controlled by crap.
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I'll await the results on 3rd November, 2007.
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Daily Show if I'm around a TV, NPR if I'm not.
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Daily Show mixed with some real news perhaps, CNN or MSNBC.
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Ill watch you guys comment on the above stations.
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If I'm up, definitely The Daily Show. Otherwise, I'll be helping put up whatever results we have on MSNBC.

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Dalton wrote:If I'm up, definitely The Daily Show. Otherwise, I'll be helping put up whatever results we have on MSNBC.
Won't it be on an hour early tomorrow night? On at 10pm instead of 11?
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