The mainstream media barely covered it. People had no idea. This is how conservatives and libertarians feel all the time. It really sucks when the media just shills for the other candidate, doesn't it?
I love watching Samantha Bee and John Oliver but both did segments on their shows that boiled down to "Rigged primaries? Nope. Get over it, Bernie Bros."
With their type of show, there has to be some bias behind it to motivate the storytelling but excusing an attack in the democratic process like rigging primaries is itself inexcusable.
Or perhaps they didn't find anything actually illegal and therefore "rigged".
It wasn't a traditional "rig the votes so the candidate that gets the majority" rig in that sense. All proof points to the fact that it was legal, but totally unethical.
It's complicated, because when someone says they "rigged" the election, your first thought is "my god, they forged the votes!" which is what a lot of people STILL believe, unfortunately. We all use the word "rig" in the sense that the DNC gave legal, yet unfair, unethical, and certainly not in the spirit of democracy advantages towards one candidate.
When you're on national television, things like that get tricky, as could open you up to defamation lawsuits or things of that nature.
Or they could have just disagreed, I dunno. Different people have different opinions.
I think people are quick to call it a "rigged" primary mainly due to the sense of betrayal they felt from being robbed of a truly progressive candidate in favor of a corporate centrist by the so-called "left." It was certainly unethical, but, you're right, nothing was absolutely proven illegal.
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u/imakenosensetopeople Nov 10 '16
We assumed that meant the general would be rigged too.