At least as disconcerting as the title is the ticker at the bottom of the video.
The message was reinforced when David Chalian also used the verb to steal earlier today when discussing Hillary's decisive victory in Nevada.
Indeed! Hillary has neither stolen nor hijacked anything. She has won, fair and square, the caucuses in Iowa and Nevada along with a boatload of endorsements and Super Delegate votes.
It is irresponsible and biased on the part of the media to use such language. This panders to those in both parties who wish to paint Hillary as dishonest and untrustworthy.
There are enough insults coming from candidates without the media chiming in with negative terms. Donald Trump has called Hillary evil. Yesterday, this header from the New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Accuses Hillary Clinton of Copying His Message
Is there anybody who seriously thinks Hillary Clinton has ever entertained the impulse to copy anything? Off of anybody? From whom would she copy? When you know your material, the concept of copying from the ill-prepared is not only unthinkable and counter-productive; it is a joke!Meanwhile, we continue to search for a cohesive foreign policy from the Sanders camp.
- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton looks towards North Korea as US Secretary of Defense stands by as they visit the dimilitary [sic] zone that divides North and South Korea on July 21, 2010. AFP PHOTO/Paul J. Richards (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
