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Ferd Berfel

(3,687 posts)
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 02:52 PM Feb 2016

How the Media Is Misleading Voters Into Believing Clinton Is 'Inevitable'

http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/how-media-misleading-voters-believing-clinton-inevitable

By including superdelegates in their official list of totals, the press is misleading the public into accepting a faulty narrative

After three primary battles, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are tied in pledged delegates, or delegates that are decided by the voters, 51-51, and due to New Hampshire’s open primary that Sanders won overwhelmingly, he leads the “popular vote” 60% to 40%. But one wouldn’t know that after a cursory glance at the delegate count of media sources including ABC News, NPR, Chicago Tribune and the New York Times:

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How the Media Is Misleading Voters Into Believing Clinton Is 'Inevitable' (Original Post) Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 OP
Who still OkSustainAg Feb 2016 #1

OkSustainAg

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1. Who still
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 03:13 PM
Feb 2016

watches and gets there news from mainstream TV. They keep giving me more and more reasons to never go back. It's like 12 years ago when I stopped drinking soda. I never felt better.

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