The media's pre-emptive anointment and the June 7th Primaries
On the Monday before the June 7th Primaries of 6 states (Including California) the Associated Press ran a breaking news story, that Hillary had clinched the nomination, which was quickly picked up and touted by the majority of American press. The most curious aspect of the AP story was that no votes were cast on that day. Their announcement was based off a survey of Superdelegates, the Democrat party elite, who don't vote until the convention in July, these Superdelegates also chose to remain anonymous, preventing any efforts to see which superdelegates were supporting Clinton. Glenn Greenwald from The Intercept summarised it aptly; "The nomination is consecrated by a media organization, on a day when nobody voted, based on secret discussions with anonymous establishment insiders, and donors whose identities the media organization - incredibly - conceals".
Clinton won 4 of the 6 states on Tuesday, bringing her total pledged delegates to 2203 and if you were to include superdelegates it comes to 2777, well over the 2383 needed for the nomination, but those superdelegates don't vote until the convention, which Bernie Sanders has vowed to campaign all they way to.
