In These Times illustrated its story with a photo of a Sanders rally. (photo: Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)
In These Times‘ Christopher Hass (2/25/16) cites FAIR on media manipulation of superdelegates:
What is disturbing, however, is that many mainstream outlets (including MSNBC and Politico) have begun combining superdelegate totals in with pledged delegates as part of their results on election night, and the New York Times, the Associated Press, Bloomberg news and others have begun including superdelegate endorsements in their overall delegate counts. Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting points out that this didn’t use to be the case, and doing so gives the false impression that superdelegates are somehow connected to the voting itself. They are not, and the media should stop pretending otherwise.
This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News with permission from FAIR.