While I did not have the opportunity to see this film from the beginning, there was no notice or disclaimer at the end of the film stating that a recount of the ballots was conducted for the New York Times, and others, that found that using most of the various standards proffered to count the ballots, Bush would have one the recount regardless of the Supreme Cort or other factors. Even if there was a notice or disclaimer in the beginning of the film, there should still have been one at the end also (before the credits). While most reviewers here consider this a fair and balanced portrayal of the 2000 election, the fact that the producers waited 8 years to rehash the Florida recount and release it in an election year is a significant indicator of their partisan motives.
For a complete description of the recount performed for the New York Times, just Google:"New York Times recount of Florida ballots 2000".
"The Truth Is Out There"
The National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago conducted a six-month study for a consortium of eight news media companies.
The National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago study was commissioned by eight media companies -- The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, the St. Petersburg Times, The Palm Beach Post, The Washington Post and the Tribune Co., which includes the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, the Orlando Sentinel and Baltimore Sun, as well as other papers.
Using the NORC data, the media consortium examined what might have happened if the U.S. Supreme Court had not intervened. The Florida high court had ordered a recount of all under-votes that had not been counted by hand to that point. If that recount had proceeded under the standard that most local election officials said they would have used, the study found that Bush would have emerged with 493 more votes than Gore.
