Or his son Lachlan, the network’s chief executive? Or perhaps the network’s chief executive, Suzanne Scott, though Fox insiders say she has long since given up on trying to control her on-air talent? Mr. Mishkin, for his part, operates independently with an eight-man (they are all men) team of statisticians, political scientists, pollsters and journalists. Mr. Mishkin said that executives in Fox’s control room can “kick the tires” when he makes a call. Mr. Mishkin and Fox’s chief pollster, Dana Blanton, are part of the wonky, reality-based community of election nerds who populate similar decision desks and polling operations across the media.

Source: New York Times September 27, 2020 23:15 UTC