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On Prime Video, Brian Williams hosted an election night fever dream

The Washington Post · Lili Loofbourow · last updated
In the era of cable news, election coverage has metastasized into a subgenre of its own — one with narrative conventions that viewers depend on and dread in equal measure. These include projections, of course, as well as elaborate, zoomable maps.

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