Why Is MEDIA IGNORING Bernie Sanders?

[Segami]

Listen carefully, and you'll notice they never mention anything about him.

YES!....call out the 'media overlords' who have 'chosen not to give equal weight to the Democratic primary candidates'.........call them out!





Whenever a 2016 Republican hiccups, we hear about it throughout the echo chamber. Online and off. We also hear about every invented Clinton scandal on the planet in minute detail. But if you tune all of that noise out and listen very carefully, see if you can find mention of Bernie Sanders' campaign kickoff on Wednesday. Other than a 40-year old paper that they're intentionally blowing up, see if you can find any mention of Sanders as a credible candidate.

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Eric Boehlert at Media Matters noticed, too,

On May 26, Sen. Bernie Sanders hosted his first major campaign rally since announcing his presidential candidacy last month. Staged on the banks of Lake Champlain in his hometown of Burlington, Vermont, the Sanders rally reportedly drew more than five thousand people, making it one of the largest campaign events of 2015, hosted by either a Democrat or a Republican.

But the sprawling rally didn't cause much of a media stir. Rather than cover it as a major news event, the Washington Post ignored the rally in its print edition the next day, as did the New York Times, according to a search of the Nexis database. The network news programs that night covered the event in just a few sentences.

At a time when it seems any movement on the Republican side of the candidate field produces instant and extensive press coverage, more and more observers are suggesting there's something out of whack with Sanders' press treatment.

And they're right.

As the Vermont liberal spreads his income equality campaign message, the press corps seems unsure of how to cover him. In the month since he announced his bid, Sanders' coverage seems to pale in comparison to comparable Republican candidates who face an arduous task of obtaining their party's nomination. The reluctance is ironic, since the D.C. press corps for months brayed loudly about how Hillary Clinton must face a primary challenger. Now she has one and the press can barely feign interest?

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/05/29/the-press-and-bernie-sanders/203813

Well, you know the routine here. Bernie Sanders isn't considered a serious candidate by the media-at-large. Wait till Lincoln (who?) Chafee throws his hat in the ring next week. I'll bet you hear more about him. That is, if you hear anything about any Democrat that isn't just more gotcha scandal-mongering. Furthermore, when they do report on Bernie Sanders, it's through the prism of Hillary Clinton's candidacy.

Over and over we see the same media construct: Sanders' campaign only exists as it relates to Clinton's bid for the nomination. There's no justification for such a narrow-minded view of Sanders' run.

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http://crooksandliars.com/2015/05/why-media-ignoring-bernie-sanders

[RobertEarl]

1. Bernie is no media darling

He would take away a lot of their profits. Profits they make during the campaigns. Bernie does not promise them a slew of dollars in ads, so they have little use for him.

Our job is to become the media via street corner talking and the web, and show the M$media to be mere profit-mongers not interested in America, but only their own image and profits.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. I just searched the files of my local paper the Eau Claire Bleeder Failogram,

and they had one Bernie story in the last year. It was a brief Page 5 announcement in April that Bernie was planning to announce. It was accompanied by a really bad, unphotogenic photo, no doubt from some source that specializes in ugly photos of politicians for oppo pieces or something. No story about the actual announcement or anything since.

[Still In Wisconsin]

25. Bleeder Failogram...

that's excellent. My wife is from EC...that is an excellent name for that paper.

[cascadiance]

3. Very simple: He gives them less political ad money!

And for corporate so-called "news" media, their real motive today with less about providing *news*, but more about just making money. That is also why they don't take issue or investigate political corruption or what forces are at work for things like Citizen's United, as they are all part of this institution of criminality, and they do such a good job of keeping the public UNINFORMED of this fact in their faux mission of "informing" the public.

[CincyDem]

4. Consider ageism

He doesn't bring that chiseled jaw look to the campaign. He looks his years and media doesn't like that.

Probably don't help that he calls them out on their bullshit too.

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. Bernie is an inconvenient candidate, just as climate change is an inconvenient truth.

Self-reflection, necessary changes, those things brought about by greed, corruption, failure to recognize that we are all in this together (and can't just say "I've got mine, screw you&quot - all very, very inconvenient.

But ignored at all of our peril.

[rhett o rick]

6. k & r. Thanks for posting. nm

[AZ Progressive]

7. The Media is owned by the oligarchs, why would the oligarchs allow someone to speak out against them

[L0oniX]

17. No wonder Hillary will have no problem with that.

[corkhead]

29. A picture worth 1000 words. This graphic tells so much about what is wrong in this country

[gblady]

8. our "free press".....

does not want his message out there.

It is a direct threat to the powers that be...

[GeorgeGist]

9. Because the Rich own the media. Next?

[johnnyreb]

10. Because this is war.

Be the media.

Joseph Pulitzer:
"Our Republic and its press will rise or fall together. An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and the courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a mockery. A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself. The power to mould the future of the Republic will be in the hands of the journalists of future generations."

[Jack Rabbit]

11. Maybe instead of complaining about the MSM ignoring Bernie

or climate change or what a raw deal TPP and TTIP are or everything else except who's sleeping with who in Hollywood . . .
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[Agschmid]

12. The Washington Post isn't going to fairly cover any Dem.

Also Bernie himself says he has been pleased with the amount of coverage he has recieved so far (CNN, Reliable Sources).

I see him interviewed on tv more than any other candidate.

[YoungDemCA]

15. True.

[Stevepol]

30. I agree! He's getting a good enough look for now.

He's really not doing bad at all at this stage. He takes very good advantage of every opportunity he gets to express his views and he just has a message that resonates.

Newspapers have far less power now than they once had and they're more the last stage anyway. They report on what has just happened. Every time Bernie gives a good speech, the effect will be reported by local news and as his popularity grows in the opinion polls, even the newspapers will be forced to report the truth. Once the facts on the ground change, even the newspapers will fall in line.

It's such an anomaly to find an honest man out there giving speeches and thinking he can elbow out the usual liars and sycophants that it takes time for the shock to wear off and the truth become clear. There's a lot of time left and Bernie is not going to gather moss.

[FlatBaroque]

13. Simple answer

The oligarchy is absolutely invested in a Hillary Clinton presidency.

[BeanMusical]

14. Kick and R.

[L0oniX]

16. K & R

[jtuck004]

18. Because the people who work for him haven't done enough to get the public to demand it.

If one is gonna sit around and wait for them to do what you need, you might as well go home, give the job to someone who knows how to accomplish it. Because that most definitely is the job of any campaign. And because CNN doesn't give a damn whether this country lives or dies, as long as they make a profit.

One could ask Lisa Murkowski in Alaska how - she beat the Republican Party when they turned their backs on her. Saul Alinsky has some ideas too, but I bet Bernie know that.

The writer of the above piece is either an opponent, or just likes to read his own work - or maybe just gets paid for it. Someeone actuallyintersted in a solution could have spent the same time in finding creative ways to put him in front of Americans who share his vision.

I suspect Bernie wouldn't think too much of this writing. He doesn't whine about the media, he stands up and talks about issues and solutions, not excuses.

[tech3149]

19. Don't you think he realized this long ago?

He's been around for quite a while and has seen the problems faced and articulated them many times over the decades.
I've listened to him on Hartmann for years and he stated pretty clearly that he would not run unless he thought it possible to bypass corporate media ignoring and denigrating him. He has always been about policy not politics (as done currently). His entire campaign will live or die on the efforts of people like you and me.
Those of us who have any understanding of what's at stake and what he stands for need to be the sharp point of the campaign. In every way possible we, WE need to be out there trying to bypass the soma that is corporate media.

[Enthusiast]

20. The media corporations would prefer to maintain corporate supremacy.

Bernie doesn't believe in corporate supremacy.

[McCamy Taylor]

22. Why did they ignore John Edwards and call it a two man race between Obama and Clinton?

[George II]

23. Are you serious? He's been mentioned on just about every network and in every major news outlet....

....since before the day he announced his candidacy.

Ignoring? Hardly.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

24. The "liberal" media did the same thing to Kucinich.

[silvershadow]

26. Not sure why. But he will be on Meet The Press I believe it is, tomorrow. nt

[KingCharlemagne]

27. After he squashes Hillary in Iowa and shellacks her in New Hampshire, maybe the media

will start giving Sanders his due. South Carolina will be make-or-break time for both candidates, imo.

[Jesus Malverde]

28. It's called the corporate media for a reason.

He threatens their interests.