One of the things I love about this show is that despite having big elements of comedy and goofiness, it still manages to seem realistic. Everything that happens in this show could happen in real life. Well, not for this episode. While maintaining the entertainment and excitement level I am by now used to and expect from this show, as well as the excellent acting, directing and camera work, the reality feel was underdelivered for me. Calling a state and therefore the election is taken very seriously by mainstream media for one obvious reason: You don't want to get this wrong. First there are other competing networks who are also reporting on this, and second, the states announce who win, eventually, and you don't want your projection calling to be wrong. No matter how biased the news outlet is, and no matter how extreme its analytical content gets, when it comes to this, they all try to get it right, even if it's the other side who's winning. Yes, sometimes a wrong call is made, but it's usually due to statistical ambiguity, and is later corrected when proven wrong.
A CEO giving orders to the newsroom to call a state and the election seems to me very unrealistic for a network with the size of ATN, which is supposed to be equal to FOX and CNN. These networks do their best to manipulate their viewers in any way the can, but when it comes to calling states, they stick to the actual numbers and statistics. In the last part of this episode, it seems as if no other network was also projecting the results, or as if no actual results will come out by the state itself later. It was written as if ATN called it, then Mencken is POTUS, done! That's not how it works.
A CEO giving orders to the newsroom to call a state and the election seems to me very unrealistic for a network with the size of ATN, which is supposed to be equal to FOX and CNN. These networks do their best to manipulate their viewers in any way the can, but when it comes to calling states, they stick to the actual numbers and statistics. In the last part of this episode, it seems as if no other network was also projecting the results, or as if no actual results will come out by the state itself later. It was written as if ATN called it, then Mencken is POTUS, done! That's not how it works.