What was Fox News thinking?
Their set, complete with a giant button on the floor, emblazoned “You Decide 2002” — four guys at one desk and a host apart from them on another — looked just like a bad game show. We were treated to wide, wide shots that suggested the button was the star and the commentators merely props. For a network that prides itself on cutting edge, out of the box, thinking, their packaging and content, for that matter, was ponderous. Brit Hume looked bored. Gold Coin — Good mix of voices: MSNBC’s “Hardball” commentators with Chris Matthews were at the top of their game. Of course, you had to know who they were by facial identification, since MSNBC forgot to super their names throughout the night as the lower third of the screen was filled with election info. That left the uninitiated listening to the blonde, the sister and Svengali. But Peggy Noonan, Donna Brazil, and Pat Caddell more than held their own, bringing humor, passion and expertise and context to the coverage. About one of the voic
