With the presidential election fast approaching, Uncounted documentarian Mary Mancini uses her film's blog (10/10/08) to give us "a little history from the year 2000--to remind us why we need to keep our eyes and ears open this November 4. . . and beyond":

We're still not ready for a close election. . . . The media will rush to report the returns and will use talking points to conveniently explain unusual results....For some elected and appointed officials, ideology and partisanship trump democracy and country.… Disenfranchisement is systemic and systematic…. We've come a long way, but we still have a long way to go to ensure that every vote is counted, and counted as cast.

The accompanying clip solidly backs Mancini's assertions with a review of the shameful corporate media performance on Election Night 2000.

See FAIR's magazine Extra!: Who Won the Election? Who Cares?: Florida Recount Consortium Muffles Results of Months of Efforts (1-2/02) by Miranda Spencer

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