Word: nbc
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Carter headquarters in Boston last night the end came short and sweet. "I don't believe it." Dante Baracci of Franklin moaned, as the NBC map began flashing Reagan blue and declared the Republican presidential candidate the winner...
Douglas Cannon, the first year student who chaired the committee, began passing out cigars soon after NBC projected Reagan would win just after 8:00 p.m. 'We're suprised at the magnitude," Cannon said, "It's truly amazing...
...first twelve states to report returns gave Reagan the lead; by 7:30 Columbia Broadcasting Systems (CBS) reporter Dan Rather was saying Carter "must be hearing the whispers of the axe," and at 8:14 p.m. the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) declared Reagan the victor, more that seven hours before it announced its final projection in the 1976 race...
...election-unit whiz, John Thompson, is mystified by Mitofsky's approach. Thompson spends months every year crisscrossing the country, talking to local election officials and learning all he can about each state before picking his precincts. Roy Wetzel, his counterpart at NBC, takes a similar tack. Says Thompson: "Mine is a subjective judgment. I know how to talk to people to get the kind of information I want. Then I put it into the computer...
...what if the computers fail? NBC's entire system did on Election Night 1964, leaving Huntley and Brinkley without any fast facts. In 1976, Mitofsky's terminal had a nervous breakdown halfway through the night. Fortunately, he had a spare...