 Headline left CNN in 1998 and became the executive director of the Voter News Service, a consortium of television networks and newspapers that used exit polling and vote tallies to project election winners.The organization faced criticism after the United States 2000 presidential election, when it incorrectly projected that Vice President Al Gore had won the election.Headline was quoted in 2001 stating that "We were aware some of the computer hardware we have was antiquated", but that "it was actually a good night" when the number of races it projected correctly are considered.