News orgs start counting down … to 2020 election

By Michael P. Hill November 10, 2016

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Prior to election day, we saw plenty of networks starting the countdown until polls closed — and now some news organizations have taken that concept to the extreme.

BuzzFeed is among several online media properties that began feeding a live Facebook feed of a countdown to the 2020 election shortly after Donald Trump’s upset over Hillary Clinton Tuesday:

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Other news organizations, such as Fox O&O WFLD-TV in Chicago, posted static countdown-style images:

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