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I think that OPs point was that previously reports like this would have been met with a "Well duh. Of course that is what happens. Primaries aren't fair elections."

Where as now we are starting to see reports like this be taken seriously because there is a background expectation that primaries are conducted fairly. There is certainly acknowledgement that the current system isn't entirely fair. The change is that an strong desire for fairness now exists where previously it did not.