The Media's Focus Will Shift Dramatically on June 8

[MineralMan]

Once Hillary Clinton is declared the presumptive nominee by every news outlet after the June 7 primary, due to her majority of pledged delegates and the number of super delegates who have declared support for her, the media coverage is going to change in a major way. It will become harder and harder for Bernie Sanders to get any coverage at all, regardless of public appearances or anything else. Every media source will switch its focus to the general election battle between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

In essence, the Democratic Primary will be over, as far as the media are concerned. Bernie Sanders will become irrelevant in the news. We'll simply stop hearing about him, almost overnight. Polls will no longer include him, either. It will become a two person race for the Presidency.

The General Election campaign begins in earnest on June 8. It will dominate the news from now until November. I'm looking forward to the change.

Hasten the day!

[Blue Meany]

1. I think she was declared the presumptive nominee back in January n/t

[MineralMan]

3. Not by the media in general.

June 7 is essentially the end of the primary elections, even though DC votes a week later.

The numbers will be added up and Hillary will be the presumptive nominee of the party. Bernie will be just the runner-up and won't be of much interest to the media any longer. Coverage of him will dwindle to almost nothing, overnight, really.

[SFnomad]

10. Back in January Secretary Clinton was declared the frontrunner, the heir apparent and many

other similar terms. If anyone called her the "Presumptive Nominee", they were using the term incorrectly. There probably were some that did, but it wasn't widespread.

Secretary Clinton will become the Presumptive Nominee on June 7th.

[1StrongBlackMan]

2. I agree ... And, I suspect it'll be the beginning of some bad times for trump.

[LoverOfLiberty]

6. And some Sanders supporters here

if the whip is cracked as has been promised.

[1StrongBlackMan]

9. No ... I suspect those "Sanders supporters" to ...

Post their "Goodbye Cruel DU" posts or their "Go Out in a Blaze of Glory" posts, granting them the attention they seek, and move on.

[azurnoir]

17. "if the whip is cracked" what fantasy's are you having about Sanders supporters?

LoverOfLiberty (757 posts)
6. And some Sanders supporters here

if the whip is cracked as has been promised.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512094295#post6

[LoverOfLiberty]

20. That they will stop tearing down Hillary n/t

[azurnoir]

23. fascinating verbiage you chose whips cracking at Sanders supporters

LoverOfLiberty (757 posts)
6. And some Sanders supporters here

if the whip is cracked as has been promised.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512094295#post6

[LoverOfLiberty]

24. See you next week! n/t

[azurnoir]

29. Tell me is this whips cracking at Sanders supporters a common fantasy

among the supporters of other candidates? Who's holding the whips?

LoverOfLiberty (757 posts)
6. And some Sanders supporters here

if the whip is cracked as has been promised.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512094295#post6

[anotherproletariat]

4. But what about the super delegates?!

[MineralMan]

11. Well, I suppose Bernie will be trying to get in touch with them

to plead his case. Sadly, they've been abused so much by Sanders supporters that they're unlikely to be interested in his pleas.

No news there. He could try holding some more rallies, but interest in those will dwindle fast, too. He'll fold up his campaign staffing and go back to work in the Senate, I guess. But, there won't be much to do there, either. Congress will be out campaigning to save their jobs in November.

The country goes into campaign mode, once again, but between Democrats and Republicans, rather than between party candidates for the nomination.

Just as you stopped hearing about Clinton in 2008 after the primaries, the same will happen in 2016 to Bernie Sanders. It will be a major letdown for a while, but then most people will shift into GE mode and it will start getting exciting. It's a presidential election year, after all. The two main candidates take over the front pages and the lead media stories. That's the news.

[CorkySt.Clair]

5. We're already mostly there, fortunately

The media spends most of its time talking about Clinton v. Trump. I expect a short bow for primary talk this time next week but after that it's as you said, a relentless focus on the horse race from now until Nov. 8.

[tularetom]

7. It will shift VERY dramatically if the FBI finishes its criminal investigation of Clinton by then

[MineralMan]

14. By when? What is it that you're hoping for?

[tularetom]

16. You may very well think that, I couldn't possibly comment

[Txbluedog]

8. I am sure right wing media like Faux will be more than happy to give Bernie airtime

Plus the possibility of his supporters disrupting the convention will get airtime, the media is always looking for ways to make it all about how to make more money

[MineralMan]

13. Not really. They're still trying to figure out how to promote Trump.

They don't even like him, which makes it harder. They're not going to care one whit about Bernie Sanders. It's like the end of the baseball or football season. Once the playoffs are over, everyone forgets about all of the teams except the two finalists for the title.

We have very short memories and even shorter attention spans, it seems.

[Txbluedog]

18. If Bernie agrees to trash Hillary on sir they might really have him on

He's such a loose cannon that I just don't know what will happen--- he has no intention of going away quietly, unless the fundraising really really dried up this month

[MineralMan]

19. He's far more likely to be trashing Trump,

as he said he would do. Fox won't be interested in that at all. I don't expect to hear him trashing Clinton anywhere after the primaries are over. You probably shouldn't count on him doing that, I think.

June 7 will mark the end of Bernie Sanders' aspirations to become President. He knows that already. He'll try to influence the Democratic Party's platform, rules and other matters, but he will know for a certainty that his campaign is over on that date.

He already knows he can't convince enough super delegates to switch to him. He already knows that Hillary isn't going to be indicted for anything, since history shows that Secretaries of State simply don't get indicted. If they did, we'd have already had such indictments in the past.

Bernie Sanders is nobody's fool. He knows what the reality is, and will act accordingly.

[morningfog]

12. It will turn to focus on the FBI criminal investigation, I agree.

[MineralMan]

15. Actually, probably not. If the FBI gets around to issuing

its report or recommendations, that will get coverage, of course. But who knows when that might happen? And once an FBI report comes out, it is up to the Attorney General's office to decide what to do with it. I don't expect any action from either before the convention. And I think the report will be mostly recommendations for changes, most of which have already been made, and a conclusion that no criminal charges should be brought, due to a lack of evidence of criminal activity.

I could be wrong, of course, but I doubt it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. I cannot wait for you to be wrong again

As far as this report, and Trump, you guys have been wrong.

[MineralMan]

25. OK.

[morningfog]

26. The FBI doesn't recommend changes, the FBI recommends indictments.

The OIG report laid bare many lies. It said laws were broken, and also provided evidence of crimes.

[MineralMan]

27. Wishin' and hopin' and thinkin' and prayin'

You go...

[morningfog]

28. Not at all. I hope, very much so, that HIllary has not screwed us over.

But I don't trust her assurances.

[MillennialDem]

22. Hillary 2016: because it's her turn, and Trump is worse.

[Wellstone ruled]

30. Amazing how comments eb and flow

as time moves forward. And yes,the real Campaign will start on the 8 th. And Bernie should stay in this race as long as possible in order for a real debate to begin on the Peoples issues. After Con Man Don's hissy fit at Reporters this A.M.,we could actually see real Campaign Coverage with discussion of issues.