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Fair & Accuracy in Reporting
Contributor to Fair & Accuracy in Reporting, a left-leaning media watchdog group
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Adam Johnson
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FROM Adam Johnson
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Bernie Sanders' Math and Media Problems Counts of delegates chosen so far for the Democratic convention tell the story of this year's campaign: Hillary Clinton has won the nomination. Yet Bernie Sanders insists there's another story. "Now if you turn on the media, and you turn on the TV. They kind of tell you that the campaign is over, that Secretary Clinton has won. Well, apparently the people of Indiana and West Virginia didn't get the message." And, despite the math, some media watchdogs think Sanders has a case to make. Photo: Gage Skidmore
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