Episode Seven: Election night coverage: Have you turned off the news yet?

How did you all spend your election night and are you still following the news as the results are coming in?

In this episode, we share our experience of the 2020 Presidential Election both on the ground as a volunteer and via the live Twitch streams we’ve followed.A few things are certain: almost everyone got it wrong - the political pundits, the polls and the media. Elections will most likely never look the same - from the rise of misinformation, the central role played by tech platforms, to the future of election night coverage as the TV numbers decline across the board - all of this amidst the highest voter turnout.

Resources:

Hasan Piker's Twitch Stream Is the Future of Election Night Coverage (Vice, November 2020)

Trump’s Tweeting Isn’t Crazy. It’s Strategic, Typos and All. (NYT, 2020)

Suspicious robocall campaign warning people to ‘stay home’ spooks voters nationwide (The Washington Post, November 2020)

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Unscripted conversations with Toni Cowan-Brown and Sorcha Rochford about current affairs, pop culture, life, and how we got here. We are fiercely opinionated, unapologetically honest and we don't always agree. Join us weekly for a deep dive into honest conversations where empathy and vulnerability, and facts take center stage.