CNN’s ‘Major, Major Projection’ Immediately Labeled ‘Not a Major Surprise’

Here’s the thing about dramatic music and full-screen wipes: they seem silly when you follow them up with an admission that, well, none of this was even a shred of a surprise. Take CNN’s call on control of the House of Representatives. CNN’s Anderson Cooper threw to Wolf Blitzer with a promise of a “big projection.”

Blitzer said it was, bigger than big, a “major, major projection” in the fight for control of the House. “Which party is coming out ahead? Get ready for that major projection RIGHT NOW.” And CNN rolled the full screen CNN PROJECTION graphic, after which Blitzer himself poured ice water all over the preceding thirty seconds of dramatic hype: “Not a major surprise by any means.”