In the coverage of calling what direction the states are going, Fox News has been much more conservative in calling states. MSNBC seems to call the states much sooner then some of the other stations. I remember in a previous election when a news station called the race to soon and led to being wrong by the end of the election. Projecting a winner is a very tricky situation.
MSNBC's coverage declared multiple times that at this point in the evening that the that there is no way that McCain could win the election, and the nation looks as though "blue paint" has been spilled over". Fox News on the other hand, even under such ads, they interviewed some positive McCain supporters saying that its not over yet. Clearly a small bias is showing through each of the stations.
The anchors on each station speak very carefully. I noticed Fox News talking about the liberal agenda and how the Democrats aren't willing to reach across the isle for compromise. They also seem to defend McCain by saying he "fought valiantly the last couple of days". While MSNBC on the other hand doesn't seem to really talk as much about defending either side, as for them, they already clearly have a winner.
The anchors on Fox News seemed to have a lot more passion and emotion in what they were talking about, as they are the underdogs in this race. I like to see this passion, as the anchors on MSNBC were much more boring and dry in their talking. Even if there is a bias in one of the stations, I have my attention grabbed more by the passion of the anchors on Fox News.
Lastly, MSNBC had a lot of visuals with their coverage. They were trying to be techie and cutting edge with fancy visuals that really weren't that great. It is just added visual food that is unnecessary, and I don't need to see a 3D united states behind the anchor as the camera moves from side to side to make it look more real. I also didn't understand the columns in the background of everything, but it seemed reminiscent of the Democrats National Convention. Fox news on the other hand seems to have a more clear cut and refined visuals, which I enjoyed much more. I don't need some over hyped, weird, 3D graphics to see my results, MSNBC is trying to hard.
Overall, various minor subtleties on each station led me to favoring on over the other. It is interesting to see how each station tries to play off their bias on the coverage. It is sad to see that we cannot have an unbiased coverage of an election, but it is not in the nature of humans, especially not in multimillionaire who want their agenda shown throughout there station. This is a close election, and I am excited to see who will actually win, when everything is all said and done. I also liked the cookies that they got on Fox News. The people there just seemed more real and fun, and won my viewing for the evening after this blog.
