Is the media about to make the same mistake in Florida???

CNN

[GLDNGUN]

I was just watching Wolf Blitzed on CNN yakking away about CNN's wondrous, marvelous, stupendous, scintillating, extraordinary wall-to-wall election night coverage. They even have a screen for each state! Goody! Now if they only knew what they were talking about. Wolf pointed to the Florida screen and talked about polls closing there at 8 PM Eastern time. This is the BIG mistake they made in 2000 that cost Bush who knows how many votes in the western most part of the state. In the Florida panhandle, conservative GOP country, polls are open an hour later due to time zone difference. In 2000, the networks called the state for Florida at 8PM and said "THE POLLS IN FLORIDA ARE CLOSED. WE CAN NOW CALL THE STATE FOR GORE". The only problem was that BOTH of these claims were outright lies. As we know, BUSH won a close race, and the polls were still open in the Panhandle. Many said they got home from work, turned the TV on, heard the news (the media surely wouldn't lie, would they?), and stayed home.

Didn't CNN and Wolf Blitzed and the media learn ANYTHING from the Florida fiasco? THE POLLS DON'T CLOSE AT 8 PM IN ALL OF FLORIDA, WOLF! Wake up!

Excuse me while I fire off a little e-mail to CNN...

[SuziQ]

Repubs need to make radio announcements in the panhandle reminding people that polls close at 8pm CENTRAL time and to disregard the TV stations that say at 8 EASTERN that they are closed.

[MinuteGal]

On election night, I hope the media puts millions of dollars in Florida resources (transportation, crews, trucks, lights, sound systems, big anchor names, hotels to put them up in, restaurants for them to eat, etc.) only to have the real wild action take place in Peoria, Illinois.

Leni

[Jim Noble]

This is the BIG mistake they made in 2000

It wasn't a mistake...