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92Rewind: Beating the swingometer

By: The OpenLearn team (The Open University)
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What tricks did the TV networks pull out of their bags for election night in 1992?

29 Apr
2010
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This blog is coming to you as part of Open2.net's 92Rewind Twitter stream in the lead up to this year's General Election.

It's around now on the election timeline that the TV networks start shouting about their utterly amazing and world-changing plans for election night.

Back in 1992, it was all about beating the BBC's swingometer which is still going strong after all these years.

BBC's swingometer Used with permission

Take a step back in time by checking out previous election coverage and ITN's response back in 1992.

A home-made swingometer Creative Commons Image Syniq under CC-BY-NC-ND licence
Home-made Swingometer by Syniq

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Thursday, 29th April 2010
Thursday, 29th April 2010

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