On Election Night, Networks Plan to Proceed With Caution

ON ELECTION NIGHT, NETWORKS PLAN TO PROCEED WITH CAUTION
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Howard Kurtz]
A look at how television news is preparing to cover election results next week. The biggest behind-the-scenes change in network coverage involves what has been dubbed the Quarantine Room. Determined to avoid a rerun of recent years, when its exit polls leaked out by early afternoon to the Drudge Report, Slate and other Web sites, a media consortium is allowing two people from each of the networks and the Associated Press entree to a windowless room in New York. All cellphones, laptops and BlackBerrys will be confiscated. The designated staffers will pore over the exit polls but will not be allowed to communicate with their offices until 5 p.m.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/01/AR200611...
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