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it's friday november 11th 2020 2022. I'm Jackson Bird today. How Tech from shows like The Mandalorian is now being used in live election coverage on TV. Plus, an enormous tunnel has been uncovered beneath an Egyptian temple, and some think it could lead to

Cleopatra's tomb. And Netflix is starting to experiment with live streaming. Here's some

cool stuff for your ride home. Fresh off a segment earlier this month talking about the

increasing theatricality of politics in America,

let's now talk about how some of that is technically achieved in this day and age.

And specifically, I want to pull from a piece by Elizabeth Deluna in Mashable this morning about how MSNBC used tech from The Mandalorian for its midterm election coverage

earlier this week. If you tuned into MSNBC or one of the other major networks to watch election

results roll in, you would have been treated to the now usual display of souped up graphics

illustrating the minute-by-minute updates from the talking heads.

Each election season, the networks seem to be searching for another way to up the ante.

As far back as 2008, CNN experimented with hologram anchors.

And since then, there has been an ever-changing experimental parade of green screens, holograms, and immersive onset experiences.

And there are, of course, the big boards as well.

While no network can make the big board look as good as MSNBC, who, as Deluna points out, has increasingly acknowledged that, quote,

"'Cornacki and his khakis are always a major pull for the network, end quote.

They do all employ some version of a data nerd at a large touchscreen,

crunching the numbers for the audience.

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