In this Nov 5,1940 file photo, Associate Press journalists in the Washington bureau tabulate election returns, keeping the score on both electoral and popular votes for the nation. — AP
HUNKERING down in the White House – when he is not skulking around the golf course – President Donald Trump has not appeared in public since the Associated Press (AP) and American cable news networks called the presidential election in favour of his challenger Joe Biden on Saturday.
But he did make time on Sunday to tweet: “Since when does the Lamestream Media call who our next president will be? We have all learned a lot in the last two weeks!”
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Media organisations setting up outside the White House in Washington on Nov 6, 2020. — AP
The AP and the major TV networks have long played a major role in announcing the victor in elections based on their own data as there is no national elections commission in the US. — AP
The news media in the US has historically stepped into the role of announcing the victor in elections based on their data – a tradition that evolved from the simple need to report the news. — AP
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