Really crazy theory about AP story

[Proud Public Servant]

I heard this morning that AP is actually a news organization that may well have engaged in investigative journalism in order to scoop their competition. I also heard that they're more concerned with the interests of their own organization that with the interests of any candidate, and that those interests have been served perfectly by generating a huge story that everyone is talking about.

Crazy, huh?

[randome]

1. Giddoudahere!

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

[Surya Gayatri]

2. Surely not. Conspiracy theory says that AP is nothing but a paid shill

for Clinton, directly managed and manipulated by her secret inner-sanctum of operatives.

[auntpurl]

3. Well, quite.

I woke up this morning (I'm in the UK, so I didn't see this last night) and was really angry, as a Hillary supporter. This doesn't help ANYONE. California was already going to be close; we didn't want to depress voter turnout for EITHER candidate.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. They beat NBC by twenty minutes. Their goal is to be first.

We can debate the rest.

[sufrommich]

5. Ha!. I refuse to believe chemtrails weren't involved. nt

[reformist2]

6. The HRC campaign strong-armed a few dozen more superdelegates to commit, then told the press.

It's a highly contrived, forced "news" event, designed to change the optics.

[auntpurl]

8. No way.

She was deliberately holding back SDs from announcing. She wanted it to be today. This doesn't help her in CA.

[sufrommich]

9. The Hillary campaign was holding 40 superdelegates to announce tonight.

They didn't have to strong arm anyone,they were already there.

[alcibiades_mystery]

15. Even if true, gotta respect that hustle

I thought she was a "weak candidate?" Seems like she outmaneuvers and outflanks the so-called "stronger candidate" a lot.

[Fast Walker 52]

7. uh huh, and fuck the people voting today

because their bogus story was SO important...

[Blue Meany]

10. I heard there was a coordinated announcement from 20

superdelegates that led to this announcement. Clearly the timing was deliberate, but was not necessarily coordinated by Hillary's campaign. Regardless, it bears the odor of a kind of politics I had hoped Democrats did not engage in, at least in primaries.

[Nye Bevan]

11. LOCKING- please repost in Creative Speculation.

Wrong forum for such crazy talk

[Buns_of_Fire]

12. What a devious plan!

[justiceischeap]

13. Imagine, a business doing something to increase their profits

I mean, it's the news but it's still a business. And think of how many stories they can get out of this. The Clinton campaign having to work at encouraging people to vote, the Sanders campaign talking about 'too early to call', how other news organizations may call the AP out about ethics. I can think of tons of stories that can be written, with revenue being generated, off the back of this.

There's also the simple fact of them just doing their jobs.

[auntpurl]

14. Yes, and imagine the media being anti-Democratic!

Jesus, have we all forgotten the Bush years? They are not on our side - not on Hillary's side, not on Bernie's side.

[justiceischeap]

16. Exactly, they are first and foremost a business

and though some "news" outlets carry water for certain candidates, this is one of the few occasions on DU that I've seen anyone claim the AP is in the bag for anyone in the Democratic Party.