So I’m watching and listening to the election results trickle in. Various members of the different parties are, of course, being interviewed. And they are all “optimistic” that they will win and say that they strongly believe they will win. Even in the same state.

Obviously they can’t both be right.

My question is: why are they still spinning? The polls are closed in the states they’re talking about! What is the point? Can’t anybody admit to any unease ever?

Four years ago, I listened to the election returns on the BBC world service and NPR. I also had a TV on in the background and occasionally watched it, but my primary source of information was BBC. This provided an interesting perspective — and in fact, proved to be more accurate than the American media that night.

This year, I again plan to listen to the BBC world service. If you want to listen, you can go to the world service page and find traditional frequencies near you or global shortwave frequencies. Note: in North America, try the Central America, North Africa, or West Europe feeds. You can also listen live via streaming radio.

I’ll probably also listen to NPR. On the TV, I’m going to have LinkTV’s global coverage going. And probably a little but of more mainstream networks here and there.

I’ll be glad to hear some viewpoints that I haven’t already been inundated with.

Update: I forgot to mention news.google.com, a great resource.