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CNN Purchases Second 'Magic Wall'

Felix Gillette — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:12:50 -0400

Majority Report: Meet the Friendly Little Pixels That Have Taken Over Election Night

Felix Gillette — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:18:07 -0400

Above: Jefferson Han demonstrates his Perceptive Pixel technology.

On the night of the Super Tuesday presidential primaries, John King and Wolf Blitzer stood in front of a camera in a studio at CNN’s headquarters at the Time Warner Center and provided some live analysis of the night’s upcoming contests. Behind them was a device that looked like a widescreen television, showing a map of the United States.

The conversation eventually focused on California. While Mr. Blitzer gave a basic run down of the state, Mr. King turned and touched the screen with each of his forefingers. As he pulled his fingers slowly in opposite directions, the map of California expanded.

“The delegates for the Democrats, the way they proportion and decide who gets those delegates is going to be very important,” said Mr. Blitzer. read more »

CNN Tries Hard to Focus on the Issues, Fails

Zachary Roth — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:37:06 -0500

Right after wrapping up the CNN/YouTube Republican debate last night, Anderson Cooper proudly told viewers that CNN's post-game analysis was "not going to focus on the horse race. Instead, tonight, we're looking at the issues."

It was this relentless focus on the issues that produced comments from CNN's panelists like those you'll find after the jump.. read more »