The UK has plenty of domestic options when it comes to its US election coverage.
But as the first counts in the stand-off between Donald Trump and Joe Biden started to emerge, there appeared to be a favoured option among British political junkies.
CNN, the US broadcaster seen as being at the liberal end of America’s politics, has been drilling into the early returns from the first few states where poll closed.
There was something of a double act going on between anchor Wolf Blitzer and John King, the channel’s resident number cruncher.
But King’s manipulation of the “magic wall”, coupled to his fast talking, was too much for some.
Particularly when Trump and Biden’s lead in the key swing state of Florida was changing by the second.
And there was a recurring theme relating to horse racing commentary and hard drugs.
And the irony of the channel’s sponsor was not lost on many.
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