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The untold story of how computers forever changed election night
FromPOLITICO Tech
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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Apr 29, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In 1952, TV news producers needed an edge on election night. And they
found it in new "fearsome contraptions" called computers. On POLITICO
Tech, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ira Chinoy joins host Steven
Overly to talk about his new book, “Predicting the Winner: The Untold
Story of Election Night 1952 and the Dawn of Computer Forecasting.” They
go inside that pivotal election night, and what it tells us about
political journalism and technology today.
found it in new "fearsome contraptions" called computers. On POLITICO
Tech, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ira Chinoy joins host Steven
Overly to talk about his new book, “Predicting the Winner: The Untold
Story of Election Night 1952 and the Dawn of Computer Forecasting.” They
go inside that pivotal election night, and what it tells us about
political journalism and technology today.
Released:
Apr 29, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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