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2016 Postmortem

Godhumor

(6,437 posts) Wed May 11, 2016, 09:19 AM May 2016

How important was the WV primary? The Rochester newspaper covered it... On B2

In the USA Today add on section.

Not on the front page or even in the A section at all.

And the story on WV on page B2? Nothing about Sanders, just entirely on how Clinton has issues in coal country.

The media, including print, has largely moved on to the general election.

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How important was the WV primary? The Rochester newspaper covered it... On B2 (Original Post) Godhumor May 2016 OP

What is this newspaper you mention? metroins May 2016 #1

Corporate media even saying that T-rump supporters helped BS win in WV Iliyah May 2016 #2

When a losing baseball team that has no hope of the postseason is playing out the string, Nye Bevan May 2016 #3

metroins

(2,550 posts)

1. What is this newspaper you mention?

Reply to Godhumor (Original post)

Wed May 11, 2016, 09:31 AM

May 2016

Is it some new fangled iPad computer news report thing amazon and Google collaborated on?

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

2. Corporate media even saying that T-rump supporters helped BS win in WV

Reply to Godhumor (Original post)

Wed May 11, 2016, 10:15 AM

May 2016

but will not vote for BS in the GE. Now most people would understand that they only voted for BS to defeat HRC in the WV primary. That's nothing to shout about huh. And the big "M" word, nah.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)

3. When a losing baseball team that has no hope of the postseason is playing out the string,