MSNBC is not part of the "process"

MSNBC declared Secretary Clinton the Presumptive Democratic Nominee.  When they took the position they called it "part of the process".

I reject that idea. 

The Fourth Estate is part of the equation.  And the Fourth estate can have an effect on events.  But it is not their job to have any effect on events.  They report events.

They had no appropriate reason to declare a candidate successful because they, the fourth estate, interviewed voters (super delegates) and determined how they would probably vote in the future, as if they could tell the future.  They may have a right to predict the future, but a nominee is successful when and only when the votes are counted.  That will be at the convention.

And Rachel is not "Arguably the smartest person on TV" no matter what Vanity Fair says.

Added 6-10-2016 - Hillary is now the presumptive nominee. Wonderful and good for her.  I wonder what the early declaration by MSNBC had on the California primary numbers.  There was no question that Hillary would be the nominee, but the California actual numbers were much more in favor of Hillary than the polls had suggested.

Also a correction:  Removed "Cosmopolitan" which was originally mentioned as a possible source of the "Arguably the smartest..." quote.   That crack was over the top.