Mijn Klacht:

Dear Blue Circle and RTL,

If I may ask, why did you have a prejudiced and ill-informed news anchor report during your latest episode of RTL Late Night, on the 16th of March, 2016, that Hillary Clinton after Tuesday’s primaries and caucuses, has dismissed, gotten rid of and trounced Senator Bernie Sanders for the democratic presidential primary? Why is it that you fail to do proper journalism?

Why is it that your news anchor knew so little about what actually is going on in America? Why are you okay with your audience being misinformed? Is it because the donors that fund your programme, the network it is broadcast on, are in the pocket and interests of Hillary Rodham Clinton, or perhaps the big banks?

Why is it that your news anchor failed to do proper research about the oncoming states, that almost ALL favor Senator Bernie Sanders?

I implore you to please read carefully, because this is what your news anchor was supposed to summarize:

There are two Democratic Presidential Primaries. One is almost over. The other is about to begin.
The first Democratic Presidential Primary runs from Feb. 1 to March 15. All 11 “Old South” states vote in that primary. We have two states left to go, but Hillary Clinton has won every one of the other nine, by an average of 43 points.
Outside those “Old South” states, 12 other states also have voted. Bernie Sanders has WON nine of those races, Hillary Clinton has won only two, and there has been one tie (Iowa). The average result in those 12 states has been a Sanders win by just under 20 points.

The net effect of this (Hillary winning the “Old South” by 43 points, Bernie winning everywhere else by 20 points) is a Clinton lead among pledged delegates of about 320 (specifically, 1094 to 774).

Which brings us to the second Democratic Presidential Primary: Democratic Presidential Primary 2.0. It runs from March 16 through June 7. It includes none of the “Old South” states, because they all will have already voted. It includes all of the Pacific states, and all of the “Mountain” states except Colorado and Nevada (which already voted). The biggest prizes are California (545 delegates), New York (291) and Pennsylvania (210).
Democratic Presidential Primary 2.0 elects a total of 2033 pledged delegates. If Bernie Sanders wins those races (and delegates) by the same 60-40 margin that he has amassed in primaries and caucuses outside the “Old South” to date, then that will give him an advantage of 407 pledged delegates. That is more – FAR more – than the current Clinton margin of 320.
Almost 700 pledged delegates are chosen on June 7 alone. It seems unlikely that either candidate will accumulate a margin of 700 pledged delegates before then.

May I please have an articulate, non-prejudiced response about why your news anchor, on a news segment of your late night show, has failed to do the job he was hired to do, and why he has lied to millions of people that have watched your show last night?

I anxiously await your response.

Sincerely,

Daniël de Bakker

Gewenste Oplossing:

I am content when the way your company conducts its journalism is not prejudiced towards the main stream, when its not misinforming its audience by not doing actual research and proper journalism, when its not broadcasting in the interests of its donors.