Yes, they seem to conveniently leave out the FACT that every news agency that "counted" the ballots after the Supreme Court decision reached the conclusion that Bush would have won by a somewhat comfortable margin.
This is untrue. From page A1 of
The New York Times, November 12, 2001:
Ballot standards under which all disqualified ballots statewide would have been re-examined; Gore would have received the most votesAllowing only fully-punched ballot cards and correctly marked optical-scan ballots:
Bush 2,915,130
Gore 2,915,245
Using each county's own standard:
Bush 2,917,676
Gore 2,917,847
Allowing dimples on punch cards and any marks on optical-scan ballots that indicate a candidate choice:
Bush 2,924,588
Gore 2,924,695
