​Bihar Elections: CNN-IBN & IBN7 got it FIRST and got it RIGHT

Media Brief

New Delhi, November 09, 2015

India’s leading general news channels CNN-IBN and IBN7 concluded that the Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav led Grand Alliance was set to form the government in Bihar, an hour before rest of the TV channels. CNN-IBN and IBN7 had called the elections and declared that Nitish Kumar was set to retain power at 10:03 AM on the 8th of November, the Bihar counting day.

Sincemorning, both CNN-IBN and IBN7were miles ahead of other channels in reporting the most accurate figures. By 9:30 AM, while all channels were predicting a BJP win, CNN-IBN and IBN7 had already aired that the Grand Alliance was likely to win the elections. Network18’s extensive network of reporters who were presentat every counting stationall over Bihar tracked the trends and reported the same to the News Centre without any delay, therebyenablingthe IBN Network to beat all other competing channels.

Commenting on this, AvinashKaul, CEO, IBN Network said, “At Network18 we always strive to give our viewers information that they can absolutely rely on. This isyet another example of how we as a news network have the right mix of reporters, anchors and experts, who have the acumen to understand the pulse of politics, analyze the ground reality and bring forth the most accurate news, faster than anyone else.

Many eminent politiciansand analysts such as Ravi Shankar Prasad, RamachandraGuha, ArvindKejriwal, ShashiTharoor, K C Tyagi, Sudhanshu Mittal and RandeepSurjewalalauded the channels for this feat. Former Union Minister P Chidambaram commented, “I must congratulate CNN-IBN for getting the results first and they got it just around 10am.” Even former Chief Minister of Bihar Rabri Devi congratulated the channels for declaring that they have won, an hour before the others.

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