2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders truthers, step down: There’s no conspiracy to hide that he “won” the debate [View all]Bernblu
(441 posts)won with voters (focus groups and large margins in internet polls, Twitter responses, and Google searches).
Because of media influence, we may never actually know who actually won the debate.
Any scientific poll will now be tainted because many voters who didn't watch the debate and voters who did watch the debate but didn't have a strong favorite will now be influenced by the media to believe Clinton won.
It is my opinion what the corporate media did was reprehensible. Declaring a winner after a debate is in a way worse than declaring an election before all of the votes have been cast. At least an election call may be backed by scientific data. The media should analyze a debate, discussing what the candidates said and what they thought the candidates were trying to accomplish and the like. But they should never declare winners explicitly or implicitly.