Why news media declares US election winners before official results?
AP
Oct 9, 2024 1:30 PM IST
The media, particularly the AP, fills a gap in election updates as state processes can take weeks.
FILE - With the Florida results in his hand, Deputy Managing Editor David Scott, left, who helps oversee The Associated Press' coverage of elections, calls that race in favor of President Donald Trump on Election night at the Washington bureau of the AP, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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