Kerry campaign manipulated media reports on election night.
The New York Times reports: (*)
The critical moment came at 12:41 a.m. Wednesday, when, shortly after Florida had been painted red for Mr. Bush, Fox News declared that Ohio - and, very likely, the presidency - was in Republican hands.
Howard Wolfson, a strategist, burst into the “boiler room” in Washington where the brain trust was huddled and said, “we have 30 seconds” to stop the other networks from following suit.
The campaign’s pollster, Mark Mellman, and the renowned organizer Michael Whouley quickly dialed ABC, CBS, CNN and NBC - and all but the last refrained from calling the race through the night.
This was a corrupt practice by both the Kerry campaign and CBS, ABC, and CNN. At least NBC (and MSNBC) had the integrity to reach an honest conclusion.
The uncertainty created a false belief in Kerry’s possible success that, when shattered Wednesday morning, caused great disappointment amongst his supporters.
January 29th, 2005 at 07:11
And how many times has Bush cheated?????