Archived Associated Press caught coordinating "Clinton clinches" story with Clinton campaign (twitter.com)
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Archived Associated Press caught coordinating "Clinton clinches" story with Clinton campaign (twitter.com)
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[–] Broc_Lia ago
Can someone explain this to me? I must be missing something: The whole business of having your tweets go viral, or even selling newspapers, is having your content ready to go as soon as humanly possible. In this case, there was a guaranteed major event with two possible outcomes, would it not make sense to have images ready to go for both of them, then spit the relevant one out the moment it happened? I gather they already do this with obituaries and other news who's content is pre-preparable.
Is the number of delegates she needed to secure the nomination some kind of secret? I understand the process is obscure, I barely get it myself, but is the number not something that could be worked out and put in an image? I'm not seeing the conspiracy.
[–] Arrvee [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The Clinton campaign produced a "screenshot" of the AP's tweet days before it was sent. The campaign had to have been coordinating with the AP to know the exact words ahead of time.
[–] Broc_Lia ago
Ah, ok, that's completely different, the tweet could probably have made that clearer.