Fox News definitely just broke the rules for exit polls

[deminks]

This is what Fox News looked like at about 6:07 pm Eastern time tonight:



The problem? Polls don't close in New Hampshire until 8 pm — and Fox isn't supposed to show exit poll results until then:

Here's more on why Fox News broke the rules:

The media outlets running the exit poll want to be able to describe who's voting, and who they're voting for, to the public as early as possible. But they don't want to have any influence on who ends up voting — they don't want anyone deciding not to vote because they've already seen what the exit polls say, and they don't think their vote will matter. (There's some evidence that this happened back in 1980, when some outlets projected that Ronald Reagan would win the presidential election before polls closed on the West Coast.)

In some countries, like the United Kingdom, it's actually illegal for any media outlet to report exit poll results before the polls close. In the US, it's not illegal, but there's a binding agreement among the media outlets that run the exit poll that none of them is allowed to leak any results before the polls have closed.

Way to go, Fox News. Way to go.

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http://www.vox.com/2014/11/4/7157939/2014-midterm-elections-exit-polls-fox-news

IOKIYAR

[libtodeath]

1. Treasonous motherfuckers

[Dawson Leery]

2. Worse than ISIS.

[KittyKat13]

3. I hate Faux news

They make me so mad!!! If I couldn't switch over to MSNBC I couldn't stand it.

[book_worm]

4. I don't think that is a bad result for Shaheen among indies.

[TDale313]

5. There should be consequences.

I realize there won't be, but just... Fuck... These assholes will cheat and steal any way they can.

[lpbk2713]

6. On election night they will do whatever that want to do.

They will deal with the consequences tomorrow when it doesn't matter so much.

[Rex]

7. I've been saying it forever, the M$M works for the SAME people as the GOP.

They've been working on getting the GOP elected since Reagan! Can't we do anything about what SHOULD BE illegal? Or I guess some would rather let the media decide on our elections for us. FUCK THAT.

[chrisstopher]

8. Why am I not surprised?

FOX SUCKS!!!

[jtuck004]

9. "But they don't want to have any influence on who ends up voting" < yeah they do. This station just

stepped it up.

If no real penalty, smart move. Wonder if there is a smart counter-move.

[JohnnyRingo]

27. All the liberals who watch Fox News will know they have to get out & vote.

That'll swing it back .0005%. Meanwhile, conservative viewers in that state who were confident they can sit this one out, now know they have to suit up and get to the polls.

Rotten no matter how one looks at it. They should be punished in real world terms.

[jtuck004]

30. Punished...well, they are FOX. Is there anything less? n/t

[sammy750]

10. Fox News is the LIE of this Nation and it gets away with the worst LIES.

If people quit watching this fraud cable network it would go away. It all about LIES and supporting the criminal GOP. The use all the DUMB broads on Fox so they act so innocent. Just watch M. Kelly for one second and you will find the worst LIE on Fox.

[JEB]

11. Propaganda arm of the GOP.

GOP is the political arm of our corporate masters.

[City Lights]

12. Foxers don't care.

Nothing is beneath them.

[kairos12]

13. They called the election for shrub in 2000 prematurely. Same business.

[BobbyBoring]

28. Yeah they did!

and that was the beginning of that huge debacle!

[Snotcicles]

14. There is no depth to which they won't stoop. nt

[Takket]

15. they can choke on their bullshit numbers.

Sheehan is up big with 15% in

[SHRED]

16. nothing will happen to them

[LiberalFighter]

17. She looks like an alien.

Notice how it looks like there are bugs or something crawling underneath her skin up her leg?

[AleksS]

18. Oh come on, we all know IOKIYAR

We all know IOKIYAR.

Rules are for the rest of us.

[Blecht]

19. Called for Shaheen!

Source: Breaking news banner on every web site

[beveeheart]

20. I was living in Germany when Clinton won in '92.

I called a Republican friend in Colorado to tell him that he didn't need to vote because we were hearing that Clinton had won and I knew that the polls were still open in CO. He didn't appreciate my call.

[dflprincess]

21. I thought the U.S. media gave up exit polls after 2000

when the exit polls accurately called the election for Gore.

Strange how they're used in other countries to keep the elections honest.

[CRH]

22. If you look closely, the exit poll is for independents, ...

not all voters, and for near an hour CNN has exit poles that favor Shaheen. And it has been called for Shaheen 15 minutes ago.

[Politicalboi]

23. A wardrobe malfunction would get them fined

Faux is above the law when it comes to real crimes.

[JohnnyRingo]

24. GOTV

I sincerely believe it's a shout out to their New England viewers to get out and swing the close election to Brown.

If someone makes a "mistake", and it benefits them,... it wasn't a mistake.

[Kablooie]

25. Doesn't matter. Their audience will unanimously vote Republican anyway.

No one else is watching.

[Nye Bevan]

26. What consequences does this "binding agreement among the media outlets" provide for

if one of the media outlets violates it?

I'm guessing that Fox will at the very least be kicked out of the consortium of media outlets that has access to these polls?

[Old Nick]

29. Did they ever FOLLOW the rules?

(Rhetorical question.)