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On Nov. 12, 2020, the YouTube channel NewsNOW from FOX uploaded a video with the title: TRUMP TEAM WIN: MAJOR Legal Win For President Trump IN PENNSYLVANIA. In the video, reporter Mike Pache detailed a big win for the Trump campaign. The conservative news and opinion website Newsmax published a similar story, reporting that a Pennsylvania judge has ruled that some mail-in ballots belonging to first-time voters in the state who hadn’t confirmed their identity before Nov. 9 will not be counted, in a small victory for the Trump campaign, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. However, the NewsNOW from FOX video and the Newsmax story left out one key detail: The small number of mail-in ballots that were ruled disqualified had already been segregated ahead of the judge's decision, meaning that the ruling did not appear to change current vote tallies. People commenting on the YouTube video and Newsmax story seemed largely unaware of this fact. A Google search for the YouTube video title also showed that Google News amplified the somewhat misleading story across other FOX affiliates. In Newsmax's story, the author quoted the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which reported the key fact in the second sentence of its story. The Post-Gazette also reported that it's not known how many mail-in ballots are included in the segregated portion. However, it is reportedly a small number, and these ballots only applied to first-time voters whose identities had not been confirmed before the Nov. 9 deadline. The Associated Press reported that impacted ballots may number a few thousand, or less, and that the ballots affected may not have been tabulated yet and are unlikely to affect the outcome of the presidential race in Pennsylvania. A writer for the AP also wrote an explainer on why the Associated Press already projected Joe Biden to win the state of Pennsylvania: The AP called the race for Biden, who held a 34,243-vote lead, after it determined that the remaining ballots left to be counted would not allow Trump to catch up.
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