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The “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC offered periodic updates on Tuesday night concerning the New Hampshire primary results and hailed them in the 10:00 p.m. Eastern hour as symbolizing “an earth-shaking night in politics” with socialist Senator Bernie Sanders notching a win in his ongoing “crusade” with some “brutal coverage” ahead for Hillary Clinton.
After not chiming in during the 8:00 p.m. CBS News Special Report, Face the Nation host John Dickerson told CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley that Sanders “isn’t just running a campaign” but “fighting a crusade, and that requires big wins to build momentum that people want to join and that's exactly what he got here tonight.”