Some Star-tribune readers woke up to the headline "Bush Wins Cliffhanger." The paper was not alone in calling the race prematurely... newspapers from the New York Post to the Charleston Gazette declared a Bush triumph in their first editions, only to find out later that the race was and IS STILL too close to call. Pam Fine is Managing Editor at the Star Tribune. She says the decision to go with headline was made just after network t.v stations called the race in Bush's favor:
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