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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: AP did not report news, AP chose to make news. [View all]JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)21. Springing a lie that may suppress voter turnout before election day?
The lie being equating superdelegates with PDs, as they have falsely done from the beginning and at every turn, so that Clinton was marked up as "480" ahead prior to the first caucus?
That's the job of "journalism"?
There are countries where this would have been literally illegal, because the elementary point is well understood that polls are not simple measurements but can affect results.
But this isn't even a poll. AP went and dug up 20 supposed endorsements among career politicians, and call it a clinch. The day before the election. And you with the "journalistic business as usual" ideology to justify the self-evident contempt for democracy.
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Absolutely agree that the damage will be great from this AP move. It seems to have motivated my
eastwestdem
Jun 2016
#11
California has other elections on the Ballot including Open Senate Seat to replace Boxer
JI7
Jun 2016
#30
Of course, you are correct. But the Hillary camp has been playing this game since day one. How many
GoneFishin
Jun 2016
#35
Yep. There are regular posts here attempting to set up Bernie supporters as scapegoats if she
GoneFishin
Jun 2016
#45
Worse. AP and other media have participated in kingmaking for the past four years.
merrily
Jun 2016
#2
Superdelegates aren't anonymous. You can continue to claim it, but that doesn't make it true.
TwilightZone
Jun 2016
#7
The AP is keeping this last batch of SDs that allegedly called them to pledge to Hillary secret.
cui bono
Jun 2016
#42
The MSM has been creating the news since the very day they stole the election in 2000.
Rex
Jun 2016
#23
In addition to not understanding math, you can't understand the term 'presumptive nominee'.
randome
Jun 2016
#27
Obviously, because people who give millions of $ they don't have and wait in the heat and cold for
GoneFishin
Jun 2016
#40
Fuck them and their owned candidate they can take credit for the destruction trump
onecaliberal
Jun 2016
#39