The New York Times has clarified that the media don’t determine election winners, but that doesn’t mean they can’t try affecting the election in other ways.
Take NPR, for instance. They sent this tweet about the AP calling Vermont for Joe Biden:
#BREAKING: Joe Biden has won the state of Vermont, according to a race call by the AP. https://t.co/hvqG7OLnrA pic.twitter.com/5VhWCLkSgI
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) November 4, 2020
Wait, why’d they delete the tweet? What was wrong with it?
Good thing we grabbed a screenshot:
Notice anything?
— Dr. Kankokage (@kankokage) November 4, 2020
Too much. Too much. https://t.co/ZBqPAHRKS1
— Tim Carney (@TPCarney) November 4, 2020
Too much, indeed:
Vermont does not have 38 electoral votes. https://t.co/BmIcQb2XvF
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) November 4, 2020
Uhhh Vermont does not have 38 electoral votes https://t.co/pwPNV2Ny6q
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) November 4, 2020
vermont has 3 electoral votes https://t.co/LJW73pqGbS
— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) November 4, 2020
Vermont has 3 Electoral votes, honey. https://t.co/FNj3kTvYXV
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) November 4, 2020
Look, NPR. We get that you guys really want Biden to win, but you’re not allowed to just add 35 electoral votes whenever you feel like it.
Taxpayer-funded #journalism: VT has 38 EC Votes. pic.twitter.com/5DM4PKWat9
— Dodd, Purveyor of Trunalimunumaprzure (@Amuk3) November 4, 2020
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Update:
Correction from us here: Vermont has 3 electoral votes, not 38.
Joe Biden won the state, according to an AP race call. More presidential results: https://t.co/7SsD9h29aZ pic.twitter.com/PH3QsPJRm2
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) November 4, 2020
