Objective, fair, balanced, etc
Kerry has called to concede, but the media's still holding out.
CNN's got New Mexico (Bush up by 12,000+), Iowa (Bush up by 13,500+), and Ohio (Bush up by 136,000+) still in play.
Whereas they've got Wisconsin (Kerry up by 13,500+) clearly decided, you know, because that kind of Democratic lead is enough to call a race.
UPDATE: Ann Althouse's reader schools us on why Wisconsin's been called for Kerry. But it still doesn't explain why Iowa and New Mexico haven't yet been called for Bush.
I think the main lesson here is that CNN, FoxNews, NBC, ABC, CBS — they don't ultimately matter all that much, if the American people can be persuaded to just vote, do their thing, and not allow the erratic behavior of the networks' decision desks affect their vote. Of course they are supposed to be plugged into the process and report accurately about the returns; however, if there's one thing this year has taught us, it's that the information fed to us by the MSM should be always taken with a teaspoon of salt.
Posted by Matt at November 3, 2004 11:27 AM
