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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf the situation was reversed, would the media call it for Trump?
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No, they would want to be "fair" to Biden. | |
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Some media outlets would call it. Others would not. And we all know who those would be. | |
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Yes. They would have called it for Trump and demand that Biden concede for the good of the nation. | |
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Yes. And the media would be blaming Progressives (BLM, Bernie, AOC) for the loss. | |
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If the situation was reversed, would the media call it for Trump? (Original Post)
Yavin4
Nov 2020
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Hoyt
(54,770 posts)1. Don't think media would have pushed Biden to concede, but GOPers sure would.
LakeArenal
(28,791 posts)2. News outlets want to be the first to know
States want to make history. All eyes glued to news outlets. 🤷🏼♀️
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)3. They did in 2016 when Trump was only up by a little over 77,000 votes
in all the states. They called it within 8 hours.