How McCain Got Called

Sen. John McCain‘s victory in South Carolina also spelled a victory for FNC, which called the race for the GOP candidate at 9:18pmET. MSNBC called it two minutes later, while CNN once again reported that the AP had called the race a few minutes before calling it themselves at 9:23pmET.

Also, a tipster writes that CBS displayed a crawl declaring the McCain victory at 9:21pmET, and ABC broke in with a Charlie Gibson special at 9:25pmET. NBC broke into programming a minute later.