Prior to the presidential election, viewers turned to cable news in record numbers, watching Keith Olbermann, Bill O'Reilly, and others deliberate the candidates, debates, and polls.
 
 Yet, now that the election is over, CNN says that it is planning to stay the course as the centrist cable news network, while Fox News and MSNBC are largely regarded as conservative and progressive broadcasters, respectively.

“It is a tremendous advantage to be the only nonpartisan cable news channel,” ...