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10/08/2004 Archived Entry: ""

This just in! According to KVOA in Arizona, KAIT in Arkansas, WBOC in Delaware, WBAY in Wisconsin and WQAD in Illinois, "President Bush has won re-election as president by a 47 percent to 43 percent margin in the popular vote nationwide. Ralph Nader has 1 percent of the vote nationwide. That's with 51 percent of the precincts reporting." Later, WBAY-TV issued a correction, stating: "President Bush Did Not Win Election on October 7." The station said the test article was picked up by WBAY.com's automated system. "The headline of the AP story did not bear that all-important word for the automated filters ... 'test,'" the station said.