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> I mean they will count all the ballots, this is just the DDs of the major news groups seeing that its statistically improbable (like, less than 3 std devs) and projecting the winner.

We're talking about people who spread conspiracy theories on how the big media companies are manipulating the public into stealing an election.

Seeing media companies announce that the opposing candidate has won even though the race is exceptionally close, votes are still being counted, and it's still theoretically possible to see their own candidate win.... That just contributes to fuel the conspiracy theories that are being fabricated to delegitimize the election results.



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