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Candy and Smiles on MS NOW, and Some Regrets on Fox News

NYT - Media · Michael M. Grynbaum and John Koblin · last updated

On TV, the outcome of the midterm elections became clear early on. Pundits celebrated and grieved by turns.

It was a night when cable news seemed to turn on its head.

The “celebration can absolutely begin,” declared Rachel Maddow just after 10 p.m. Eastern on MS NOW, where she and a band of beaming liberal pundits had just projected a Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives.

Two years ago, back when the network was called MSNBC, hangdog faces dominated as President Trump clinched one battleground state after the next. On Tuesday, Chris Hayes was looking giddy.

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