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Related: About this forumIs the Media Unfairly Dismissive of Bernie Sanders? Letter to New York Times
New York Times
The Opinion Pages | Letters
Is the Media Unfairly Dismissive of Bernie Sanders?
MARCH 21, 2016
To the Editor:
Re A Bernie Blackout?, by Charles M. Blow (nytimes.com, March 17):
Senator Bernie Sanders has done very well despite the blackout. The lack of coverage and the skepticism of the media have made it doubly difficult for him to introduce himself and his ideas to the general public. I have long said that the more people see Bernie, the more they like him, and the more they respect his main thesis.
He has done a great service this year, not only by making Hillary Clinton a better candidate, but also by focusing on the core American problem of wealth disparity/power inequality something the other candidates rarely talk about.
I hope that Bernie has shown that many Democrats oppose Hillary Clintons desire to turn the Democrats into Republican-lite. The younger voters get Bernie. They are the future. So is getting more information via social media. Too bad traditional media closed its eyes to what is going on.
NANCY C. LANGWISER-KEAR
Wellesley, Mass.
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Is the Media Unfairly Dismissive of Bernie Sanders? Letter to New York Times (Original Post)
imagine2015
Mar 2016
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angstlessk
(11,862 posts)1. It IS a Bernie blackout...newpapers are now owned by the 1%
AND HILLARY REPRESENTS THE 1%
Jarqui
(10,130 posts)2. Said something similar several times recently and earlier in the
campaign.
I think the Democrats abroad result had something to do with it as well. They get their news from the internet or other international news organizations who seem to have a fairer balance. And they wound up supporting Bernie like the millennials.
RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)3. Press has been disgraceful
An abomination, their coverage. Goes to show just how great Bernie is, in that he has come so far with so relatively little coverage from the 'free' press. The press is not free, it is a slave to the PTB.
Our biggest problem, among many, is the lack of a free press.
GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)4. there is a $1 billion gap in TV coverage alone and yet
Sanders has nearly equaled Trump's turnout so far
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1280153393
jillan
(39,451 posts)5. People all over the country get it.