NYTimes is just spewing fakery. Pay no mind.
Al Gore won Florida before the polls closed almost costing Bush the election because the press said so. . Hillary won the presidency because the press said so. The Democrats flipped a bunch of house seats because the press said so and Dewey won over Truman because the press said so. The media is a passel of idiots. And I apologize for disparaging idiots. Still looking for where the press calls an election in the constitution.
Oh brother