Ravenwood - 10/08/04 09:00 AM
Don't bother voting, apparently the election was held yesterday and Bush won. At least, that is what the AP reported:
Twenty-six days before the general election, the story on WBAY's site, under the motto "Coverage you can count on," read:Later, WBAY-TV issued a correction, stating: "President Bush Did Not Win Election on October 7."At this hour, President Bush has won re-election as president by a 47 percent to 43 percent margin in the popular vote nationwide. Ralph Nader has 1 percent of the vote nationwide. That's with 51 percent of the precincts reporting.
Bush has won 324 electoral votes in 33 states. He is leading in 4 states for a total of 43 more electoral votes.
Kerry has won 105 electoral votes in 8 states and the District of Columbia. He is leading in 5 states for a total of 48 more electoral votes.
Nader has not won any state and is not currently leading in any state. . .
I think someone was preparing a sample story, so they don't have to do any actual writing under election-night stress - just drop in the real numbers and run it. That's assuming they picked the winner and the general trend right so the numbers don't contradict the verbiage. And then someone else accidentally posted the draft...
So does this mean that they know the polls are slanted and expect a Bush landslide? Or did they also prepare "Kerry landslide", and "too close to call" versions?
Posted by: markm at October 8, 2004 12:40 PMThey aren't even aloud to project until all the polls are closed, right? Isn't that some new law?
Posted by: Mays at October 8, 2004 1:57 PM(c) Ravenwood and Associates, 1990 - 2014
