An election correction

From The Economist print edition



In the issues of December 16th 2000 to

November 10th 2001, we may have given the

impression that George Bush had been legally

and duly elected president of the United States.

We now understand that this may have been

incorrect, and that the election result is still too

close to call. The Economist apologises for any

inconvenience.

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The Magazine is self discribed as:

"The extreme centre is the paper's

historical position." That is as true today as when

Crowther said it in 1955. The Economist

considers itself the enemy of privilege,

pomposity and predictability. It has backed

conservatives such as Ronald Reagan and

Margaret Thatcher. It has supported the

Americans in Vietnam. But it has also endorsed

Harold Wilson and Bill Clinton, and espoused a

variety of liberal causes: opposing capital

punishment from its earliest days, while

favouring penal reform and decolonisation, as

well as - more recently - gun control and gay

marriage. "