There ' s nothing in the emails indicating they sabotaged Sanders . Some staffers privately trashtalked him after he refused to concede in late May , when it was blatantly obvious that he lost . Sanders himself said that you ' d find similar griping emails among his staff if they had been hacked . Saying read the emails ! is just a way for Sanderssupporters to continue claiming the primary was rigged without actually putting up any evidence for their claims . As for news coverage , you ' re right it was unfair to Clinton . The media portrayed the primary like it was a real horse race , despite the fact that Clinton had a huge popular vote lead from February onwards . Drama pulls in viewers and an easy HRC win isn ' t very dramatic .