Take a look at
this:
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.
Yes, at THIS hour. You know, 624 hours before the election.
Rest of the "article" after the jump:
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.
In the 435 U.S. House races, the Republicans have won 173 seats and are leading in the races for 56 seats. The Democrats have won 145 seats and are leading in the races for 56 seats. Independent and other party candidates have won or are leading for 3 seats. If these trends continue, the Republicans will retain control of the House.
In the 34 races for the U.S. Senate, the Republicans have won 14 seats and are leading in the races for 4 seats. The Democrats have won 13 seats and are leading in the races for 3 seats. Independent and other party candidates have won or are leading for 1 seat. If these trends continue, the Republicans will retain control of the Senate and will gain 3 seats.
This is an AP story on a the website of a Wisconsin ABC affiliate. You have GOT to be kidding me. How does this keep happening?
Update [2004-10-7 16:26:49 by dday]: This site has been taken down, but down the thread you'll see noshenanigans captured a screenshot.\
Update [2004-10-7 18:7:9 by dday]: WBAY has now printed a correction, referencing a "Daily Kos discussion site" (I'm famous!). I was actually tipped off to this by a Republican friend (hey, we all have ONE), so I want to thank him.
This is the second or third one of these kind of things in the last few days (remember the debate story filed before it was over?), and it's getting tiresome. I'm not blaming the station that accidentally picked it up (I've worked in enough TV news stations to know that shit happens), but I'm blaming the AP for setting up the circumstances where this can happen continually. All that news has become about is getting the story out the fastest, regardless of the facts. This is what happens when the emphasis is on speed.
I don't think it's a case of AP bias, just media stupidity.
thanks!