The Views of the News team returns tomorrow at 6 p.m. Join Amy Simons, Mike McKean and Earnest Perry for a complete look at the coverage of today's election, from a local, state and national level.
Michael M. Grynbaum & John Koblin, New York Times: “Loaded with data and whiz-bang effects, maps are the real stars of Election-Night tv”
Nieman Reports: “How newsrooms are rethinking midterms coverage”
Ken Doctor, Nieman Lab: “Newsonomics: ‘Digital defeats print’ is the headline as Gannett steps away from printed election results”
Kristen Hare, Poynter: “This Pennsylvania PBS station is using billboards for election night updates”
Michael Calderone & Jason Schwartz, POLITICO: “’No idea what’s going to happen’: News outlets prepare for midterm surprises”
Joe Pompeo, Vanity Fair: “’Certain readers may have a nervous reaction’: The New York Times election needle is back, with a few new safety features”
Ron Dicker, HuffPost: “MSNBC airs result of Florida Governor election in test ‘misfire’”
Trump in Missouri
Caitlin Oprysko, POLITICO: “Hannity appears on stage at Trump rally, despite vowing he wouldn’t”
Jeremy Barr, Hollywood Reporter: “Sean Hannity breaks promise, appears onstage with Trump at rally”
Brian Steinberg, Variety: “Fox News calls Sean Hannity’s Trump appearance an ‘unfortunate distraction’”
Getting out the vote
Barbara Allen, Poynter: “Here’s how Vote.org got full-page ads into every college newspaper in the U.S.”
Misinformation factor
Kevin Roose, New York Times: “We asked you for examples of election misinformation. You delivered.”
Negative ads on the rise
Wesleyan Media Project: “60% increase in volume of negative ads”
SNL skit crosses the line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukbtA3df8BI
Amy B. Wang & Lindsey Bever, Washington Post: “SNL’s Pete Davidson hasn’t apologized for mocking a GOP candidate who lost an eye in war”
Deadline Hollywood: “Pete Davidson’s ‘SNL’ joke about wounded vet running for house seat draws fire”
Devan Cole, CNN: “Crenshaw: SNL skit was ‘dark’ but he’s not looking for a ‘hollow’ apology”
Erin Jensen, USA Today: “Pete Davidson’s ‘SNL’ co-star Kenan Thompson thinks Dan Crenshaw joke crossed the line”
Campaign ad pulled
Donie O’Sullivan, CNN: “Facebook pulls Trump campaign’s racist anti-immigration ad”
Brian Stelter & Oliver Darcy, CNN: “NBC and Fox finally stop running Trump’s racist ad after it was viewed by millions”
Gerry Smith & Sarah Frier, Bloomberg: “Fox News, NBC and Facebook pull Trump-backed anti-migrant ad”
Niraj Chokshi & Daniel Victor, New York Times: “NBC, Fox and Facebook stop running Trump caravan ad criticized as racist”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “What took U.S. media orgs so long to realize Trump ad was racist? Or ‘insensitive’?”
Mathew Ingram, Columbia Journalism Review: “Facebook blocks racist Trump ad, but the damage is already done”
Covering the caravan
Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post: “Defensive, caravan-fixated and Trump-obsessed, the media blow it again. Just not as badly.”
