04-07-2024, 12:44 AM
(03-07-2024, 11:16 PM)DTV Wrote: Regardless of the technicalities of who is paying, the print media freeload off it anyway, so not sure it's an issue - as with any poll, once it's published, anybody can report it. The only questions would be whether they get the embargoed data beforehand and, if so, whether they have access to the more detailed data or can only report the headline seat tallies. I'm not aware of any of the Exit Poll team going to work on C4 after they're released from the bunker, while they definitely are for ITV and Sky (as well as one with CNN).
I'd make a good guess that only those that the exit poll has been commissioned on behalf of get the data beforehand. The only evidence I have for this is the most recent Irish general election, from which emerged an excruciating clip online of a network that was clearly reading out the exit poll results only as they were reported on another network.