Word: reportable
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...early morning, it was clear Florida would probably decide the election. Network analysts saw Bush's lead in the vote count stretch upward of 50,000 votes, a lead that, given the apparently small number of votes left and the voting history of the districts left to report, seemed increasingly insurmountable. At 2:16 a.m., Fox News called Florida, and thus the presidency, for Bush. Soon every network rolled the President Bush graphics; the crowd whooped in Austin; and Gore called Bush to concede. Newspapers prepared BUSH WINS! front pages that would leave them black, white and red-faced...
...close this special issue on Wednesday afternoon. But when we saw how others were rushing to judgment with appalling projections and incorrect headlines, we decided to revert to our weekend schedule (with help from some smart planning and scrambling by our unflappable operations director Nancy Mynio) so we could report this historic moment thoroughly and credibly...
...Miami-Dade, at last report, also voted against a hand recount after running a sample count and finding only tiny discrepancies. But they're good to go, in case the Democrats leave a horse's head in some canvassing board member...
...report. You decide." As p.r. pablum, the Fox news network's tagline isn't bad. But as it turns out, its claim to objectivity may be a bit of stretch...
...many experts in journalism ethics are raising red flags, arguing Ellis should never have been put on the desk in the first place. "It's beyond belief," says Carl Gottlieb, deputy director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism. "The network should not have allowed Ellis to report on this election. As a viewer, after reading this story and reading about Ellis's involvement in calling the race, you can?t help but get the idea that this guy's complicit in what's going on now down in Florida...