The current state of the primary race is hurting media coverage.

[MineralMan]

Now that Donald Trump is the presumptuous nominee of the GOP, the media is covering him even more than they did before. Meanwhile, since the media knows that Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic nominee, but since the primary race continues to go on, coverage of Hillary Clinton isn't keeping up. She's not the nominee, even though it's clear that she will be.

The Democratic primary race isn't news so much any more, so it's not being covered heavily. That gives Trump vastly more news coverage in all media. Until the Democrats have a nominee for certain, this situation will continue. The primary race is boring, since everyone know the eventual outcome, but we still don't have a nominee to hold up against Trump.

For that reason alone, it would be helpful if Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign in recognition that Hillary Clinton will be the nominee after the convention. Trump is getting all of the coverage, because there's no Democratic nominee. This is not a good situation and benefits Trump.

[LexVegas]

1. That would mean less attention for Sanders and less $$ for Tad and Jeff. nt

[MineralMan]

2. I suppose. It's frustrating, frankly.

[frylock]

16. TDS + WDS

[firebrand80]

3. True, but it will be over in a month

Not really a big deal in the grand scheme of things. The conventions and the debated will frame this race.

[MineralMan]

6. I disagree. A month of dominating the media is a very big deal

in this election year. The Democratic Party is getting second-fiddle coverage right now, and it needs to be competing with Drumpf head to head. The GOP has a nominee. We do not. We need to have a nominee.

The longer Bernie Sanders continues to insist that he has a chance, the more the boredom of this primary race will block substantial coverage of the Democratic nominee. Actual nominees are always more interesting news-wise than possible nominees. We need some closure on this primary season and we need it sooner than later.

If Sanders takes it to the convention, it's not just another month. It's almost three months. Too long for the GOP to dominate the news.

[frylock]

18. Lack of media attention didn't seem to be much of a concern to folks last summer and fall..

when Sanders supporters were complaining about debate schedules. In any case, why doesn't Hillary just hold a press conference rather than avoiding reporters?

[Fawke Em]

4. Democracy is messy.

Translated: Frankly, I don't give a damn.

[Bluenorthwest]

5. The Media knows the future? Wowser, like Sybil the Soothsayer in the film 'Network'...

Paddy Chayefsky calls it yet again....

[NCTraveler]

12. Everyone knows the future of the democratic primary.

Lester Holt: We are calling the Indiana primary for Sanders but he wasn't able to gain on Clintons insurmountable lead.

[HumanityExperiment]

7. HRC supporters...

OR HRC and her supporters should make their campaign WORTHY of media attention, there is that, so why is her campaign and her supporters failing in that regard?

[Bluenorthwest]

8. Her supporting ardents are not exactly charmers....

Currently they are actively dampening interest in upcoming primaries which are important to both Bernie and Hillary as well as to all the down ticket Democrats. While several States work to get out the vote, they are working to keep those voters disinterested and inactive.

[Waiting For Everyman]

9. Maybe "it's over" shouldn't have been chanted so many times.

Who could've seen that coming? Hillary surrogates and supporters deflated the Dem primary, and now it's Sanders' fault.

We told you that would happen, and you didn't care. You had your way, now you're stuck with it. He's not folding.

[mikehiggins]

10. That's just silly. Trump has always had the lion's share of coverage

even when he was faced with 16 opponents. Hillary got the lion's share of coverage left over on the Democratic side, especially when there was juice to the story (Benghasi hearings, for example). Sanders got practically zero coverage, even when the other three Democratic aspirants backed out.

The idea that Trump is getting so much coverage because HRC's coronation may have been derailed is fatuous. Trump gets coverage because he "sells column inches" in the old vernacular. Hillary, essentially, is a boring, overly well known candidate with standard, cookie cutter policies going up against a mini-celebrity who knows well how to dominate the news cycle.

Will Bernie's dropping out mean more coverage for Hillary? Not at all.

So why bother? Let the campaign go through to the end, whatever it might be. None of it will make any difference on how obsessed the media crows are with that bright, shiny object with the orange hair.

[Punkingal]

14. +1

Excellent post!

[ieoeja]

11. That doesn't make any sense. Dems should receive more coverage since the primary is ongoing.

On Meet The Press this past weekend "Bernie" and "Sanders" were mentioned exactly zero times. I kept watching and waiting for them to switch to the ongoing Democratic primary. They never did.

A couple of the Sunday morning pundits remarked on the fact that the media keeps treating Donald like an entertainer rather than a politician.

[bigwillq]

13. The GE race really doesn't begin until the conventions

Folks are going to remember more what happens in Aug-Sept-Oct than in May, imo

[frylock]

15. Two of these in one day?

Are things not going as swimmingly in Hillaryland as we've been led to believe?

[panader0]

17. I wish you would suspend your campaign of dumb posts.

[whatchamacallit]

21. + a brazilian

[SheenaR]

19. Just like she did for Obama

so he could start campaigning against McCain....

Oh wait.. She didn't.

[whatchamacallit]

20. Deal with it.