An audio clip recorded during Hillary Clinton’s speech at a private February fundraiser is making the rounds. In the recording, Clinton had this to say about Bernie Sanders’ base supporters:
“They are living in their parents’ basement,” Clinton said. “They feel they got their education and the jobs that are available to them are not at all what they envisioned for themselves. And they don’t see much of a future.”
[…]
“If you’re feeling like you’re consigned to, you know, being a barista, or you know, some other job that doesn’t pay a lot, and doesn’t have some other ladder of opportunity attached to it, then the idea that maybe, just maybe, you could be part of a political revolution is pretty appealing.”
At Politico, the original headline about this story was “Clinton mocks Sanders supporters in leaked fundraising recording.”
And with that, Politico heard complaints from Team Hillary and her backers for claiming that Clinton was “mocking” Sanders supporters:
https://twitter.com/Rob_Flaherty/status/782038614607888384
Oh, and @politico? When you share the story, as I did, you get the old, totally false and destructive headline. Can you fix? https://t.co/B27HopbQNO
— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) October 1, 2016
@politico The headline does NOT reflect the content of the article at all! Why are you doing this @politico? Fix it!
— Tahar (@laseptiemewilay) October 1, 2016
And “fix” it they did:
Clinton gives her take on Sanders supporters in leaked fundraising recording https://t.co/lyzIRNNlV6 via @ludacristiano | AP Photo pic.twitter.com/BoiYQ0orFz
— POLITICO (@politico) October 1, 2016
Politico noted that the change was made to “better reflect Clinton’s tone”:
Also: what? pic.twitter.com/8uOxZMp7sj
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) October 1, 2016
"The headline and lede of this story have been changed to better reflect Clinton's tone."
It's good to be a Clinton. pic.twitter.com/AHKHcn0Q2g
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) October 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/bluelighttv/status/782099066649911296
Gee, that was nice of Politico to take Clinton’s “tone” into account.
Politico cowers from Hillary again: Editor’s note: The headline and lede of this story have been changed to better reflect Clinton’s tone
— DanRiehl (@DanRiehl) October 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/slone/status/782167533168136193
https://twitter.com/CherylGhiselin/status/782065717159931904
Y did U change the headline? You damn media people do all you can to help Hillary. Youre not journalists your hacks
— Eli (@DownLadder1) October 1, 2016
unbelievable. Hillary gets caught trashing Bernie supporters & @politico headline is "Hillary Gives Her Take on Sanders' Supporters"
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) October 1, 2016
What kind of headline coverup is this, @politico? This is laughable. "Gives Her Take"?? Why not "Hillary Trashes Bernie Supporters"? pic.twitter.com/HsCPOYs7Af
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) October 1, 2016
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