Wed, 06 Nov, 2002 - 09:00
US TV news opted to be safe, not sorry, in covering the election results.
Facing numerous races that CBS’ Dan Rather termed ”tighter than a Botox smile,” the networks pledged not to repeat the errors of two years ago in calling winners.
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