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aarrgus posted...

No it isn't beside the point. The point is that responsible journalists should have called the race EARLIER than they did (late April when it became a mathematical joke, but it could have realistically be called earlier),

People go to the news for facts, not projections.

Political odds analysis is for outlets like 538.

aarrgus posted...

and the existence of Superdelegates actually assisted Sanders in having both a gripe and a potential way to overtake Clinton.

That's not a good thing, Bernie running a zombie campaign to the convention (just because technically all the SDs could switch to Bernie for no reason) probably hurt more than it helped. The dude also knew full well no SDs were switching, so the possibility was basically just a spiteful troll justification to keep the campaign open (and simultaneously indirectly boosted the GOP's propaganda against Hillary, since the only plausible scenario where the SDs might drop her was if the FBI actually indicted her for the emails).

And their use as a "gripe" doesn't help overall, most party voters don't like their candidates constantly complaining about the party. Endless complaint probably limited Bernie's ability to build a majority coalition.

Their potential use as a cover for childish behavior is another reason to get rid of them.

aarrgus posted...

Had it been a state on election night they would have looked at the projections, percentages, and remaining votes and called it much earlier.

Because election night isn't staggered. All the votes have already been cast before the reporting starts, so airing projections cannot influence the results. Whereas doing so in a primary can make them a self-fulfilling prophecy.