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...trick, and I turned my anger at the sleazy politicians who were making the disclosure--not an October surprise, but a November surprise. The timing reminded me of the release of the [Iran-contra independent counsel Lawrence] Walsh indictment of Cap Weinberger late in the game in 1992. One CNN poll had us closing the gap. But that's all it took. From there on, things stayed the same...
...CNN took Florida back from Gore, and the other networks shortly followed, declaring it too close to call. The lobby of the Nashville Loews was suddenly empty. Campaign chairman Bill Daley was on his cell phone, and he looked sick...
...Baker, the solemn, senior aide to the Bush camp, says, "Our process is at risk," and we are "on the cusp of having this thing spiral out of control." Bush's strategy chief, Karl Rove, makes a legal battle sound like a civil war. Even a non-alarmist like CNN's Jeff Greenfield likened our democracy to a beautiful antique car sliding over a cliff...
...accurately award Florida to the winner. The bad news: they also awarded it to the loser. Dan Rather assured viewers they could take CBS's election-night projections "to the bank"; then the networks had to make two costly withdrawals. It was, in the words of CBS and CNN election consultant Warren Mitofsky, "embarrassing as hell." Yet it also underscored TV's tremendous power, as the networks' blunders led to Al Gore's concession takeback. And as that wild night set up an acrimonious Florida soap opera played out for the cameras, it revealed the media's dual, contradictory roles...
...Nation editorialized that "the alacrity with which the U.S. media announce results before rechecking is likely to cause confusion, rob the victor of his spoil, and vitiate what remains democratic in the system." Over in Paris, there was concern that the U.S. media had taken everyone for suckers. "When CNN and the other networks made these errors on calling Florida, it set off a worldwide media chain reaction," says TIME Paris correspondent Bruce Crumley. "There is concern here that everyone from the average Joe watching French TV to the French president - and even Gore and Bush themselves - were taken...