Competitors to Fox News have a very long way to go

Published December 18, 2020 10:13pm ET



In recent weeks, much has been made about loyal Fox News viewers changing channels to upstart networks such as Newsmax and One America News Network. This started due to anger over the Fox News decision desk calling Arizona early on election night for Joe Biden. Reasonable criticism can be made about the timing of that decision and Fox’s refusal to rescind the call, even when Arizona’s outcome was unknown. But Biden did win Arizona. And calling a state does not change a single vote.

On a scale of unforgivable sins, correctly calling a state early ranks pretty low.

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