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  Media bias in the 2000 election before election night? (search mode)
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Question: Was the media seen as biased one way or the other before election night?
#1
Yes, for Gore/against Bush		  
#2
Yes, for Bush/against Gore		  
#3
Yes, for Nader/against both Gore and Bush		  
#4
No		  
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Total Voters: 32

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Progressive Pessimist
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« on: January 30, 2019, 09:19:26 PM »
By attempting to cover their asses from prematurely calling Florida for Gore, some media outlets did inadvertently become at least somewhat pro-Bush.
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Progressive Pessimist
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« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2019, 07:10:58 PM »
Quote from: 136or142 on January 30, 2019, 09:55:10 PM
Quote from: Progressive Pessimist on January 30, 2019, 09:19:26 PM
By attempting to cover their asses from prematurely calling Florida for Gore, some media outlets did inadvertently become at least somewhat pro-Bush.

You mean prematurely calling Florida for Bush.

I'm pretty sure many outlets called it for Gore first and then changed it to Bush.
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