1992 Presidential election.
Bush threw the election because he couldn't get NAFTA pushed through with Democrat opposition. Clinton could get it pushed through.
Ross Perot would have won, but he dropped out right after the Democrat convention when it would give Clinton the biggest bounce, then got back in when Bush started gaining on Clinton in the polls.
Perot later said he originally dropped out because his family was threatened.
Bush got pounded on the economy, with all the news outlets saying the fourth quarter numbers were going to be horrible.
On election night, as soon as Clinton had it locked, David Brinkley, on ABC , said, "Well, one thing the new president has going for him is a rebounding economy. We've just gotten the fourth quarter numbers in..."
It was the first time I saw the whiplash in coverage when they wanted to change the narrative.
I've never believed anything on the news since then.
1992 Presidential election.
Bush threw the election because he couldn't get NAFTA pushed through with Democrat opposition. Clinton could get it pushed through.
Ross Perot would have won, but he dropped out right after the Democrat convention when it would give Clinton the biggest bounce, then got back in when Bush started gaining on Clinton in the polls.
Perot later said he originally dropped out because his family was threatened.
Bush got pounded on the economy, with all the news outlets saying the fourth quarter numbers were going to be horrible.
On election night, as soon as Clinton had it locked, David Brinkley, on ABC , said, "Well, one thing the new president has going for him is a rebounding economy. We've just gotten the fourth quarter numbers in..."
It was the first time I saw the whiplash in coverage when they wanted to change the narrative.
I've never believed anything on the news since then.