Story is very fresh right now with several outlets blowing it up as a 'we won!' moment and AOC calling for his arrest for incitement or some shit.
He needs to do a Rubin or something similar as he was the one thing that made people even watch fox sometimes because of his anaylsis. I sense Fox's viewing figures are going to dive again...
Every modern presidential election is hand counted after the auto-tabulator does its thing, including the one that Trump lost.
What you're talking about is irrelevant. Most jurisdictions are counting ineligible ballots. Many are not paper.