FOX cost Gore the election

[minionofmidas]

I was watching "Outfoxed" and some guy said something completely true, IMHO. He said that FOX's and then the other networks decisions to call Florida for Bush at 2 AM even though you really couldn't tell from the data, led to a perception throughout the legal battle that Bush was the current winner and Gore was trying to knock him off. That perception may have hurt Gore more than any legal mistake or something of the sort.

The fact that Bush had more votes had absolutely nothing to do with it.

Absolutely nothing, indeed. Also, notice that the guy who made that decision was a close relative of Bush's.

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That's obviously true. It's definitely way too late to change anything about it.

[minionofmidas]

I was watching "Outfoxed" and some guy said something completely true, IMHO. He said that FOX's and then the other networks decisions to call Florida for Bush at 2 AM even though you really couldn't tell from the data, led to a perception throughout the legal battle that Bush was the current winner and Gore was trying to knock him off. That perception may have hurt Gore more than any legal mistake or something of the sort.

The fact that Bush had more votes had absolutely nothing to do with it.

Absolutely nothing, indeed. Also, notice that the guy who made that decision was a close relative of Bush's.

One guy?  The vote was counted by hundreds if not thousands of people all across the state.  All of them sent their totals to Kathryn Harris, who added them up and certified them then passed the results on to the legislature and JEB.

Relax -  I was talking merely of the decision to call Florida for Bush and declare the election decided by FOX News.