Posted on 11/03/2004 10:01:45 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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Tue Nov 2, 5:32 PM ET
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Political web sites gave Senator John Kerry an early lead over President George W. Bush in key states in the presidential race, jumping the gun on the US networks by citing what they said were pirated early exit polls. "Kerry Finds Comfort in First Batch of Exit Polls," was the headline on the popular web site drudgereport.com. Another well-known political web site, Slate.com, posted what it said were early exit poll numbers which had Kerry leading Bush in the crucial states of Florida and Ohio and by a wide margin in Pennsylvania. The candidate who wins two of those three battleground states is almost guaranteed election by securing a victory in the 538-member Electoral College. Kerry was also leading in other battleground states such as Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and New Mexico, according to the numbers posted on Slate.com and other web sites. There was no independent confirmation of the accuracy of the numbers, and several web sites which published the data stressed it was raw and not definitive. Slate.com and other web sites said the exit poll numbers came from the National Election Pool, a consortium of the US news agency the Associated Press and the five television networks ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox. The US networks have pledged not to announce a winner until the polls close in a state.
Huh? Oh, it's over?
AFP = The Frenchies' wire service. Looks like they were scouring the left-wing blogs for "news."
Somebody got to be the first to tell AFP that it's over. I envy him.
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