Exit poll leaks

[Hegemon]

Here's how Drudge reported the first round of exit polls on 11/7/2000:

BUSH IN A SQUEAKER

PA, FLA - Dead heat

OH, MO, TENN, ARK - Bush leads

Mich - Gore by 3%

[Hegemon]

Slate has a different set of numbers, purportedly compiled from both early and mid-day exit polling:

Florida
Kerry 50
Bush 49

Ohio
Kerry 50
Bush 49

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Pennsylvania
Kerry 54
Bush 45

Wisconsin
Kerry 51
Bush 46

Michigan
Kerry 51
Bush 47

Minnesota
Kerry 58
Bush 40

Nevada
Kerry 48
Bush 50

New Mexico
Kerry 50
Bush 48

North Carolina
Kerry 49
Bush 51

Colorado
Kerry 46
Bush 53

[Hegemon]

On Sean Hannity's radio show, Drudge is really giving the impression (perhaps unintentionally) that the exit polls are ugly for Bush.  He's not giving numbers, he's pointing out the past problems with exit polling, and he's railing against the biased mainstream media consortium behind the exit polls.  

If the exit polls looked good for Bush, he would report the numbers, as he did in 2000, and he would not repeatedly question the validity of exit polling,  but report the results uncritically, as he did in 2000.