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Sorry, but I find that very hard to believe.
Consider just who is going to be watching at these times of the day...
Overnight: nobody
During the day: the entire audience
What possible motive they would have for putting out their best effort and fullest coverage overnight, when audience figures are microscopic, rather than during the day, when there actually is an audience at all, is beyond me.
I know that you are arguing that "there's less going on overnight, so by default there was more attention on it", but I don't think it's very sound.
I don't think overnight teams from any of the major broadcasters ever do particularly well, to be honest. I'm pretty certain that had the coverage been during the day, it would've been on a far, far larger scale than it was during the night (which really just amounted to a talking head and someone quoting the AP).
Consider just who is going to be watching at these times of the day...
Overnight: nobody
During the day: the entire audience
What possible motive they would have for putting out their best effort and fullest coverage overnight, when audience figures are microscopic, rather than during the day, when there actually is an audience at all, is beyond me.
I know that you are arguing that "there's less going on overnight, so by default there was more attention on it", but I don't think it's very sound.
I don't think overnight teams from any of the major broadcasters ever do particularly well, to be honest. I'm pretty certain that had the coverage been during the day, it would've been on a far, far larger scale than it was during the night (which really just amounted to a talking head and someone quoting the AP).