Complaints of Bernie Sanders Coverage to the Tampa Bay Times
These are similar complaints about this news institution. These are complaints from those who actually receive the paper on their doorstep. The story was put up online the night before at 9:38pm, and removed by morning. So if you read online which you must also PAY $$, you missed if you did not stay up late. If you read in the morning, it was removed. Gone from the current day online edition. Don't forget this is the paper who ignored Nan Rich, our Senate Leader, for republican turned Democrat Charlie Crist. He would not even debate her. Here are a couple of OTHER opinions, from today's letters.
cross thread topic here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026736028
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Thursday's letters: Don't ignore promising candidate
Re: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 4:14pm
Sanders vows to fix what ails America | May 27
Don't ignore promising candidate
Finally, there is a candidate for president with a platform of ideas that are truly in the best interest of the majority of Americans. We can only hope the Tampa Bay Times and its editorial board, mainstream media and the Democratic Party will not disregard Bernie Sanders the way they did Nan Rich in her run for governor.
Rich offered the most promise for the people of Florida. But the Times, other in-state media and the DNC all but ignored her candidacy under the assumption that she could not win due to a lack of funding and name recognition. Instead, they got behind a mediocre alternative who failed to excite voters and lost to a highly unpopular incumbent.
Sanders is light-years behind Hillary Clinton in funding and name recognition. But his ideas and priorities are just what this country needs. And we know he, unlike Clinton (as well as all of the Republican candidates), is not under the thumb of big money.
It is easy to conclude a little-known candidate with low poll numbers and a small campaign chest "cannot win," especially in a national election. But the power of social media has never been greater and can go a long way in neutralizing gaps in funding and name recognition. Plus, the electorate has never been more turned off by the corporate-run, big-money politics that have taken over this country.
The media and DNC alone cannot put Sanders in the White House, but by ignoring his candidacy, they can prevent any chance of him getting there.
Chip Thomas, Tampa
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(and.......another (multiple letters in a small space which means the Times received many)
Sanders vows to fix what ails America May 27
More coverage on policy
I was disappointed that your article about Bernie Sanders announcing his candidacy was not on the front page.
I am an avid hockey fan, but the outcome of the Lightning game has far less impact on us than Sanders' candidacy. The next president will have a lasting effect on the nation and the world. The Republican hopefuls have all had space on the front page at one time or another.
Please increase your coverage of the policy positions, agreements and disagreements among the candidates. We need more substantive discussion and less reporting of the candidate's daily micro gains and losses in the polls.
Guy Hancock, Largo
http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/letters/thursdays-letters-dont-ignore-promising-candidate/2231310
and so it goes......
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