Midterms: ABC & CNN, Surprise Victors

“Congress wasn’t the only scene of a stunning upset on Election Night,” Lisa de Moraes writes. “While the Democrats were taking control of the House on Tuesday, ABC News was unseating perennial election coverage front-runner NBC News on broadcast television, and on cable in prime time, CNN pulled to within spitting distance of Fox News Channel and beat FNC among the 25-to-54 viewers advertisers hope to reach with news programming.” More…

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