On TV, broadcasters search for a drama that never materialized
Around 8:30 p.m. on CBS, Scott Pelley announced that the network had called Wisconsin for President Barack Obama. Pelley, the best anchor of the election night broadcasts, immediately signaled that this was the turning point of a night that had begun with networks cautiously treading water with all the crucial states too close to call, but ended with a cascade of victories for Obama and defeat for Gov. Mitt Romney. F…
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