I don't think it was a mistake Luis. Telling the local media makes more sense. They have access to the AP wire, they are experienced in hunting and the area, and at the time, it was thought to be a minor incident.
Telling them fourteen hours later?
COME ON!
We would have criucified Clinton for this, and now we're making excuses for Cheney.
You know me, you know my level of support for this administration.
This was BS.
Unacceptable from Gore had he been the shooter, and equally unacceptable from Cheney.