I wasn’t sure last night if Peter Jennings mentioned the certification meltdown last night–he did, briefly (I might have blinked): From the Media Research Center:
) Two network anchors treated as a noble and credible cause, not
as an unworthy publicity gimmick without any factual basis, the
move by a few far-left cranks in the House and Senate to object to
the certification of the Electoral College vote in Ohio in favor
of President George W. Bush. ABC’s Peter Jennings noted that “the
Democrats knew that it was a pretty ceremonial objection,” but he
stressed how they “regarded it as important.” Brian Williams, from
Singapore, teased Thursday’s NBC Nightly News by assuming facts
not in evidence as he presumed there were “problems” in Ohio,
“Protesting the vote: Congress forced to interrupt its ceremonial
counting of the electoral votes because of problems on Election
Day in Ohio.” NBC’s Chip Reid proceeded to relay, without citing
any evidence, how “the objectors cited irregularities in Ohio from
alleged intimidation of minority voters to too few voting
machines.”
Peter Jennings held his January 6 World News Tonight coverage
to this short item: “In the Congress today, they officially
certified the results of the presidential election. It was not
without incident. One Democratic Senator joined a Democrat from
the House in objecting to the results from Ohio, which forced
reconsideration in both houses. The Democrats knew that it was a
pretty ceremonial objection, but regarded it as important.”