Last night Bret Baier admitted that the Fox News Decision Desk was partially wrong about their prediction that Democrats would increase their majority in the House:
.@BretBaier comments on the Fox News Decision Desk's Election Night projection for the House, reiterating that they "correctly predicted…that Democrats would retain control" while their insistence Dems "would add about five seats to their majority…did not occur." pic.twitter.com/Ny5NJ5ncsl
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 12, 2020
Here’s what Baier said:
On election night the Fox News Decision Desk correctly predicted, soon after 9pm eastern, that Democrats would retain control of the House. But they also estimated that Democrats would add about 5 seats to their majority.
That did not occur. Republicans have gained six seats with multiple races yet to be decided.
Fox News has taken a lot of grief for their coverage of the election, especially their early call on Arizona. Many have left and switched to either OAN or Newsmax. As we’ve this week reported, Fox News is already having big issues with their daytime numbers, but I believe their prime time numbers are still great.
Speaking of Arizona, Biden’s lead over Trump has fallen this morning to 11,635 from 12,813 yesterday.