2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: AP did not report news, AP chose to make news. [View all]bvf
(6,604 posts)to these assholes.
I'm only adding the point that their actions are just an extention of the Clinton campaign's insistence on "hey, it's over--nothing to see here anymore" that it's been pushing since Sanders first entered the race. (Remember when he was maybe going to win Vermont and then fade away?)
She's their darling, and they know which candidate will give them a pass starting next year, and which one won't.
Was this a clumsy move on their part? Probably, because corporate inertia hasn't allowed them to anticipate--and more importantly, react to--shifting attitudes. They might have shot themselves in the foot with this. As the father of a millennial with a wide and very diverse social circle, I know kids know bullshit when they see it, much better than I did when I was their age.
I remember long ago thinking that the term "social responsibility" actually meant something, but then again I'm old enough to remember Cronkite, which might explain the above.