Summary: <p>Voters looking for a quick resolution this November might have to wait longer than usual to learn who won the presidency. On this week’s On the Media, a look at what we might expect as election night approaches. Plus, lessons on electoral chaos from presidential contests past. And, how QAnon is moving from the web to the streets.</p> <p>1. Walter Shapiro [<a href="https://twitter.com/MrWalterShapiro">@MrWalterShapiro</a>], fellow at the Brennan Center, on why TV news outlets need to be more comfortable with uncertainty on election night. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/red-mirage-and-election-night-coverage-catastrophes">Listen.</a></p> <p>2. Renee DiResta [<a href="https://twitter.com/noUpside">@noUpside</a>], Stanford Internet Observatory research manager, on how social media chaos sown by domestic actors could have disastrous consequences on election night. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/deluge-our-own-making-on-the-media">Listen.</a></p> <p>3. Ed Kilgore [<a href="https://twitter.com/ed_kilgore">@Ed_Kilgore</a>], political columnist at <em>New York Magazine</em>, on the what we can learn from the contentious election of 1876. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/lessons-contentious-election-1876">Listen.</a></p> <p>4. Brandy Zadrozny [<a href="https://twitter.com/BrandyZadrozny">@BrandyZadrozny</a>], NBC News investigative reporter, on how QAnon falsehoods are motivating seemingly innocuous protests to "save our children" nationwide. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/qanon-sneaks-offline-world">Listen.</a></p> <p> </p> <p><em>Music from this week's show:</em></p> <p><em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SjOkb3kVgI">Sneaky Snitch</a> — Kevin MacLeod</em><em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hquOZ5dtCPo">The Builder</a> — Kevin MacLeod</em><em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDNMWQJlDto">In the Hall of the Mountain King</a> — Kevin MacLeod</em><em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3j00akdAIw">Hidden Agenda</a> — Kevin MacLeod</em><em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQWssOZ6h3o">Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies</a> — Kevin MacLeod</em></p>
