Show your work: AP plans to explain vote calling to public
Associated PressNEW YORK — The Associated Press, one of several news organizations whose declarations of winners drive election coverage, is pulling back the curtain this year to explain how it is reaching those conclusions. “We don’t want to be a dark, mysterious black box of ‘We’re going to declare a winner, and we’re not going to tell you how we do it.’ I don’t think that benefits us, and I don’t think it benefits democracy.” The AP’s decision desk expects to call some 7,000 races next week, from the presidency to state ballot initiatives and legislative races. “I think the responsibility of the news organizations goes beyond transparency,” said Mark Lukasiewicz, former producer of NBC’s election night coverage and now dean of Hofstra University’s School of Communication. “A lot of people do know that the AP is a straight shooter, but I don’t feel that we can let people take our word for it anymore,” Buzbee said. “It makes sense to show people our methodology and to be transparent about how we call races because that then gives people a greater ability to assess what we do.” The AP’s tradition of counting votes on election night dates back to the Pony Express.
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