News media don’t run elections. Why do they call the winners?

News media don’t run elections. Why do they call the winners?

By ROBERT YOON WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s election night, the polls have closed and chances are you’re waiting on The Associated Press or one of the major television networks to say who will be the next president. But why does the news media play that role in the first place? Shouldn’t that be the government’s…