On Monday night, the Associated Press found that between the delegates that Hillary Clinton has already won and the superdelegates that are pledged to her, she had enough support to be called the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party.

Cue a liberal firestorm directed at the media.

Supporters of Bernie Sanders and others on the left went after the Associated Press and the media as a whole, with some floating conspiracy theories that the press had been in the tank for Clinton the entire time.

The vitriol was, on some level, understandable. The AP's announcement came on the eve of a big day in the race for the Democratic nomination, with seven states set to vote in primaries including California, where 475 delegates are at stake.

Clinton downplayed the announcement, citing the upcoming primaries.

It didn't take long after the AP declared Clinton the presumptive nominee that the anger emerged. The Sanders campaign fed into the resentment, pointing to the counting of superdelegates.

"It is unfortunate that the media, in a rush to judgment, are ignoring the Democratic National Committee’s clear statement that it is wrong to count the votes of superdelegates before they actually vote at the convention this summer," said Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs in a statement.

Some called Sanders out over this argument, noting that in 2008 he supported Obama as the nominee before the party's convention despite his counting of superdelegates.

Left leaning pundits and journalists also jumped in on the attack. Glenn Greenwald at The Intercept decried the announcement and the process.

"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 identity the media organization – incredibly – conceals," Greenwald wrote.

The Associated Press drew much of the rage on social media, with the critiques loud enough to draw a response from the organization's U.S. political editor explaining the decision.

Shame on you AP! Superdelegates dont vote until the convention. Story of #Hillary nom is false and aims to suppress voters. #CAvotesCount — Josh Fox (@joshfoxfilm) June 7, 2016

With most news outlets reporting that the AP had called Clinton as the presumptive nominee, Sanders supporters also began to call out the media as a whole.

#honestyhour

The only thing clinched is the media's propaganda agenda

Did Clinton Win the Democratic Nomination? Nohttps://t.co/U6yKotn842 — Feetothefire (@feetothefire) June 7, 2016

If Trump wins in November, you can blame it on the authoritarian Clinton campaign and it's media stooges for treating the left like garbage. — Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) June 7, 2016

At least one reporter, Amy Chozick of the New York Times, claimed to have received threats related to the news.

I won't be answering calls from unknown numbers today, after third call from Bernie supporters telling me they'd hunt me down in the streets — Amy Chozick (@amychozick) June 7, 2016

Some even looked for hints that the system had been rigged, implying that the AP had planned to announce on Monday night to purposefully help Clinton. Some had rallied around the hashtag "#APRetract."

The ONLY reason the @AP called the nomination for @HillaryClinton is to drastically cut voter turnout for tomorrow's #CAPrimary #FeelTheBern — Brandon Rey Ramirez (@BrandonReyR) June 7, 2016

Hillary email on "clinching' nomination has images dated 3 days ago. Sketchy cuz AP announced it today. #APRetract pic.twitter.com/nE8rIhrSFn — Paul Gottinger (@PaulGottinger) June 7, 2016

Shame on AP for helping HRC suppress the vote in Ca. Super-delegates vote in July. #APRetract #AfraidofCa or #CintonFearsCA — Michael Lighty (@mlighty60) June 7, 2016

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