How did the media play a role in the outcome of the 2000 presidential election?

This official political and media discussion centers on the two "mistaken" calls of the presidential vote in Florida made by the television networks election night-first, for Vice President Al Gore, the Democratic Party candidate, at 7:50 p. m. (retracted at about 10:00 p. m.); second, for Texas Governor George W. Bush, the Republican candidate, at approximately 2:15 a. m.