New York Times, Washington Post suppress media recount of Florida vote

New York Times, Washington Post suppress media recount of Florida vote
by Barry Grey, WSWS
Sep 25 \'01

A consortium of major American news organizations, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal, has decided to withhold the results of its recount of ballots cast in Florida in the 2000 presidential election. The consortium had planned to publish its report this week, and although its decision to suppress its own findings has received virtually no media attention, the reason is made clear in a September 23 column by New York Times Washington bureau chief Richard L. Berke.

In a column that enthusiastically welcomes the dissolution of all political opposition in Washington in the wake of the September 11 terror attacks, Berke writes: \"Until September 11, the capital was riding a historically partisan period, with leading Democrats still portraying their president as