On election nights, politics becomes spectator sport: Susan Delacourt

What network called Ontario's election first? No matter what you may normally compare politics to, writes the Toronto Star's Susan Delacourt, on election night, it's a sport.

What network called Ontario's election first? No matter what you may normally compare politics to, writes the Toronto Star's Susan Delacourt, on election night, it's a sport.

CTV appeared to be the winner of the “who-called-it-first” contest among the networks," she writes, "A competition that is intensely fought on election night and completely forgotten the next day."

And these days, there's even more to fight with: in between the mash-up of the numbers, and analysis, networks also updated Twitter, blogs, and websites.

Who won the battle? Check out Delacourt's article for the, ahem, play-by-play.