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Making the call: Inside Fox News


November 05, 2008 When Fox News Channel made its call of the election for Barack Obama at exactly 11 p.m. ET, it was the culmination of a series of events that began when the exit polls were released a little less than six hours earlier. While exit polling favored John Kerry exactly four years ago Tuesday and turned out to be dead wrong, Fox News Channel's decision desk and executives said this time, things were different. "The first results of the exit polls, which were available to us after 5, gave a really strong indication for Obama," said John Moody, executive vp of news editorial at Fox News Channel.

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