Differing approaches were apparent on Thursday, when some networks simply cut away from covering Trump's invective from the White House, while others stayed with his statements but offered real-time disclaimers.
In Georgia, a state where only Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton have disturbed a half-century of Republican dominance, Trump's paper-thin lead disappeared overnight beneath a tide of mail-in votes for Democrat nominee Joe Biden.
A statement from Elections BC says it has received about 662,000 certification envelopes containing absentee or mail-in ballots from across the province.
Inside the "anti-scale" fence, similar to one that went up during anti-racism protests earlier this summer, Donald Trump intends to ride out tonight's electoral storm.
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