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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Associated Press will not predict a winner of the presidential election.
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Jonathan Lemire
@JonLemire
The Associated Press will not predict a winner of the presidential election. It will not even name an apparent or likely winner. The A.P. will make the call only when it is certain just as it has in every U.S. election since 1848, when Zachary Taylor won
An Associated Press staff member reads copy from the election tabulator in November 1936.
In a Hot Election, the Cool-Headed Associated Press Takes Center Stage
At the end of a turbulent campaign, the global news organization has a big role to play, with 4,000 reporters collecting vote counts from county clerks in 50 states.
nytimes.com
2:35 PM · Nov 2, 2020
Jonathan Lemire
@JonLemire
The Associated Press will not predict a winner of the presidential election. It will not even name an apparent or likely winner. The A.P. will make the call only when it is certain just as it has in every U.S. election since 1848, when Zachary Taylor won
An Associated Press staff member reads copy from the election tabulator in November 1936.
In a Hot Election, the Cool-Headed Associated Press Takes Center Stage
At the end of a turbulent campaign, the global news organization has a big role to play, with 4,000 reporters collecting vote counts from county clerks in 50 states.
nytimes.com
2:35 PM · Nov 2, 2020
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The Associated Press will not predict a winner of the presidential election. (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Nov 2020
OP
Sneederbunk
(14,289 posts)1. What does a photo of a toilet paper factory have to do with the AP?
ARPad95
(1,671 posts)2. Looks like printing presses?
LastDemocratInSC
(3,647 posts)6. Not enough detail in the photo to be sure
But all news agencies distributed information by teletype machines in earlier times.
irisblue
(32,967 posts)4. That image is from the NYTimes story that the tweet references
ARPad95
(1,671 posts)5. Aha, the photo caption on NY Times site states it's an election tabulator from 1936.
bdamomma
(63,836 posts)3. Good idea.
Count every VOTE. Period.