Bush's Cousin Called Florida for Bush, Not VNS

The Voter News Service never called Florida for Bush. Fox News was the first to declare Florida for the Republicans as vote counts supplied by VNS continued to show Bush with a substantial lead. Fox announced the call at 2:16 a.m. The decision to declare Bush the winner was made by John Ellis, who headed the call desk at Fox and happens to be Bush's cousin. The other networks quickly followed suit, only to take the call back around 3 a.m. But VNS officials confirm they never issued a prediction.

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7461-2000Nov12.html

Original: Bush's Cousin Called Florida for Bush, Not VNS