Bernie Sanders Explains Why Most Media Coverage of Reconciliation Fight Is Corporate Con Job

[Uncle Joe]

Link to tweet

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"When we talk about big money controlling this country, it's not only the direct political process but it's how we even learn about what's going on in this country," Sanders said in one of the video clips. "In a democratic society, what media has to do is reflect your lives, your pains, your problems, your hopes."

Sanders' comments on social media followed weeks of coverage of the opposition to the Build Back Better Act by right-wing Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, who have claimed the 10-year investment—which amounts to roughly $1,000 in government spending per person, per year—is too expensive.

As observers including journalist and activist Parker Molloy tweeted Tuesday, the corporate media has helped solidify that narrative.



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"There’s a ton of important and lifesaving stuff in the '$3.5 trillion' reconciliation bill but the average media consumer would have next to no idea about [what] the human stakes are by reading the horserace 'left vs. moderate' psychodrama coverage," tweeted Adam Johnson, co-host of the media criticism podcast "Citations Needed."

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/05/bernie-sanders-explains-why-most-media-coverage-reconciliation-fight-corporate-con

[Magoo48]

1. Absolfuckinglutely,

It is censored, twisted, slanted, incomplete, and misleading. There is no depth at all. As a progressive, I find MSM insulting and embarrassing. There is still in-depth, investigative reporting to be had, here and there, if one is willing to search for it. I haven’t consulted corporate MSM for well over a decade, and I’m confident I haven’t missed a fucking thing.

[ampm]

2. Nevada checking in

He's, right I live in Nevada Sinclaire is in Nevada, so you can't discern the truth from the lies, so I end up going all over the place to find the truth.