ABC, NBC Boast N.H. Is ‘Clinton Country’ Despite Sanders’ Lead; ‘The Pressure Is on Sanders’

Curtis Houck | February 3, 2016
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Hours before CNN hosted a Democratic presidential town hall on Wednesday night between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, ABC’s World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News went out of their way to spin New Hampshire as “Clinton country” despite Sanders’ massive leads in the polls and argued that “[t]he pressure is on Sanders” in the race due to an unfavorable primary calendar after the Granite State.

Further, neither newscast sought to follow the CBS Evening News in deflating Clinton’s proclamations that she’s a progressive by digging up video of her describing herself as a moderate Democrat back in August 2015

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