Andrea Mitchel: The A.P. is the "gold standard" when it comes to tallying the delegates.

[DCBob]

On Monday night, NBC's Andrea Mitchell said on MSNBC that The A.P. is the "gold standard" when it comes to tallying the delegates.

Earlier, in an email message on Sunday, the A.P.'s U.S. Political editor David Scott, said the wire service chooses its words very carefully.

"A.P. uses the term 'presumptive nominee' when it becomes clear a candidate for president will be formally nominated at their party's summer convention," he said.

Ignoring the delegate totals — including the intents of super delegates — would mean the networks and other news outlets would be ignoring the most important facts of the entire Democratic primary process.

By using the word "presumptive" when talking about Clinton, and by including caveats about the inclusion of super delegates in her total, journalists are leaving the door wedged open, albeit slightly, for a change between Tuesday night and the convention in July.

http://pix11.com/2016/06/07/why-final-super-tuesday-matters-despite-hillary-clinton-being-declared-presumptive-nominee/

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The A.P. would never risk their credibility by altering their procedures to help or hinder a particular candidate. That would simply be absurd.

[Renew Deal]

1. No one is saying they're wrong. The outcome was obvious. The question is if they did the right thing

[Blue_Adept]

3. I know I love it when the news networks hide information that they have

I wish they'd hold back even more in what they tell people.

[Renew Deal]

13. They hide exit polls

[Blue_Adept]

21. Eh, I don't care much for exit polls anyway

So that's no great shakes. We saw how poorly they were handled in NY for what was done there. I've been voting for nearly thirty years and have never been involved in exit polling. But I find polling in general to not be what it was decades ago in general as well.

[DCBob]

4. So what would have been the "right thing" to do?

Sit on vital information they already have? No news organization would do that.

[Renew Deal]

15. Yes, sit on it.

It is not vital information. It's not a tornado warning or a gunman on the loose. They do it with exit polls, military action, and gossip. This is no different than the exit poll scenario.

[DCBob]

17. Are you kidding? Sit on it??

This is the biggest news event in years.. no way would they or any other news org sit on it.

[joshcryer]

14. Oh lordy. If it came out the AP "sat on it" for Clinton's whims?

So she could "coast into the nomination without a controversy"?

[Renew Deal]

16. We've come this far. Just let people vote.

I understand if she hit the number in April or May. Then it would be news. But less than 12 hours before polls open? It only hurts the Democratic Party and the country in general.

[joshcryer]

18. From what I understand they found 19 supers.

They had to report that, even if it was just past the barrier for entry. You know they had the conversation. They may have even called back the last slew of people and did a double confirmation before they decided to report it. That all the news orgs then followed suite indicates that the last holdouts (Warren? Pelosi?) cracked.

[Trust Buster]

2. Emotions are raw. Everyone needs to calm down a little.

[DCBob]

6. Yeah.. no doubt this is a bit of a shock to many.

But its the reality of the situation... they have been believing a "pipe dream" Bernie has been pushing for months. Its over.. its been over.. its just now that the numbers are clear.

[Trust Buster]

8. Regardless of what we think, they have invested time, money and passion into his campaign for

a whole year. We would want the time to unwind if we were in their shoes. Eight short years ago, we were in their shoes. We should respect the difficult situation for what it is.

[DCBob]

9. Agreed.

[Fumesucker]

5. Indeed and the TPP is the Gold Standard of trade deals

Thanks for reminding us.

[NurseJackie]

7. Huh, wha- what? ... Umm, errr, whut?

[Fumesucker]

10. You can't understand how the phrase "gold standard" and TPP have been linked with Hillary?

You ever notice that the actual Gold Standard is universally mocked as being naive and foolish and yet the phrase is still the Gold Standard of phrases about good stuff?

[NurseJackie]

11. I understand that you're trying too hard.

... and it's funny!

[Fumesucker]

19. I'm here for the gravedancing actually

I'll stick around for enough where I don't want to come back but hopefully not enough where I become someone I don't wish to be.

[NurseJackie]

20. That sounds like a good plan to me.

Good luck! (And good-bye?)

[MaeScott]

12. Forgot the snark tag. AP is a conservative leaning outfit