During 99% of the election season, the media is poll crazy.
They devote pages and countless graphs to covering whatever results come out of the Zogbys, Cook Political Reports, and Gallups of the world. Not one second of thought is given to how this may influence voters.
It's too bad that election night has to be the evening when the media showcases its jealous guardianship of valuable information. This manifests itself nowhere more so than in the way that news outlets ...