Nets Hail ‘History’ for Hillary, Urge Sanders to Get Out

Kyle Drennen | June 7, 2016
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On Tuesday, all three network morning shows celebrated the news that Hillary Clinton had won enough delegates to become the presumptive Democratic nominee. At the top of NBC’s Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie heralded: “Making history. NBC News declares Hillary Clinton the presumptive nominee. The first woman in history to be nominated on a major party ticket.”

In the report that followed minutes later, correspondent Kristen Welker declared: “This is an historic moment eight years in the making. Secretary Clinton becoming the first woman ever to clinch her party's nomination....making her mark on history.”