NYT: News Outlets Brace for Chaos on Election Night (and Perhaps Beyond)

NBC News is dispatching a new corps of correspondents, called “county captains,” to monitor vote-counting efforts in potentially pivotal counties.

“If there are disputes, they will be there to help us figure out what’s happening,” said Rebecca Blumenstein, the president of editorial at NBC News. “It’s ultimately going to help us earn the trust of our viewers and our readers by having people in key places.”