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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: ^^Fundraiser email created 6/4 for a "surprise" event on 6/6???^^ [View all]ljm2002
(10,751 posts)26. Well if you had read the Snopes link...
...you would know that the Twitter post itself occurred after AP called the race:
On 6 June 2016, the Associated Press reported that Hillary Clinton had "clinched" the Democratic nomination. Shortly thereafter, a Twitter user published a video about an e-mail sent by the Clinton campaign:
(...)
The video showed the e-mail on the screen; when the user clicked to save the embedded graphic, she claimed that it then showed the following filename: a.hrc.onl/imageman/2016_Q2-Email/20160605_hfa_graphic/secret-win-V2-060416c_02.png. The graphic was hosted on what appeared to be a Clinton campaign "intranet" inaccessible to the general public and probably used to host campaign-related content. According to the video, the graphic appears to have been created on 4 June 2016, two days before to the AP's pre-primary call:
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It is true that the Twitter video's claims checked out. The campaign's e-mail was sent out after the 6 June 2016 call by Associated Press, and the embedded image was ambiguously titled "secret-win-V2-060416c_02.png" But "V2" implied at least two versions of the graphic existed, another of which might have shown an entirely different outcome to the 7 June 2016 primaries.
(...)
The video showed the e-mail on the screen; when the user clicked to save the embedded graphic, she claimed that it then showed the following filename: a.hrc.onl/imageman/2016_Q2-Email/20160605_hfa_graphic/secret-win-V2-060416c_02.png. The graphic was hosted on what appeared to be a Clinton campaign "intranet" inaccessible to the general public and probably used to host campaign-related content. According to the video, the graphic appears to have been created on 4 June 2016, two days before to the AP's pre-primary call:
(...)
It is true that the Twitter video's claims checked out. The campaign's e-mail was sent out after the 6 June 2016 call by Associated Press, and the embedded image was ambiguously titled "secret-win-V2-060416c_02.png" But "V2" implied at least two versions of the graphic existed, another of which might have shown an entirely different outcome to the 7 June 2016 primaries.
The Snopes caveat about there possibly being 2 versions does not make sense to me; furthermore, naming the file with "secret-win" embedded in the name is, shall we say, suggestive, and tends to argue against there being a different version with a different outcome.
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^^Fundraiser email created 6/4 for a "surprise" event on 6/6???^^ [View all]
Waiting For Everyman
Jun 2016
OP
6/4 was the day Rachel Maddow said it could be called before Tuesday. A smart campaign would have
eastwestdem
Jun 2016
#3
Because it is shocking that the campaign has planned for an event that everybody knew was happening?
Mass
Jun 2016
#6
Smart people prepare for what could happen, smarter people get ready for what will happen.
CrowCityDem
Jun 2016
#9
Since the AP is the 'gold standard' of delegate counting, yes, they mocked up graphics.
CrowCityDem
Jun 2016
#18
All they had to do was create the graphic ahead of time, make a screengrab of the tweet
justiceischeap
Jun 2016
#30
"When people hear about this, in spite of the MSM blackout on it, and they are beginning to hear..."
brooklynite
Jun 2016
#10
they will probably shake their heads and laugh out loud at such foolishness.
Demsrule86
Jun 2016
#52
"If Clinton manages to hold him off and win the primary, it would be as a result of a low turnout...
Cheese Sandwich
Jun 2016
#22
I posted this on another thread but I'm sure it won't ring true for people who don't want it to
justiceischeap
Jun 2016
#29
Very naive of people not to see that the Clinton campaign coordinated with their
Cheese Sandwich
Jun 2016
#37