Bernie Sanders wins – again – and the Clinton Media Network tweaks

[babylonsister]

http://smokinghotpoliticaljunkies.com/bernie-sanders-wins-again-and-the-clinton-media-network-tweaks/

Bernie Sanders wins – again – and the Clinton Media Network tweaks


Tonight, Bernie Sanders beat Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin, by double digits. Does it significantly change the delegate count? Depends on how you’re viewing it. Does it change the tenor of the race? You bet. Does it put more wind at Bernie Sanders’ back going forward in the next half a dozen primaries? Absolutely.

Except, the mainstream media hasn’t caught on yet to this phenomenon. They’re stuck in repeat mode, making excuses and having sads.

The Daily Beast: Bernie Sanders Wins Wisconsin, Changes Nothing

Slate: Bernie Sanders Claims Big Win in Wisconsin, Faces Tough Road Ahead

Mashable: Bernie Sanders will probably win Wisconsin. It won’t matter much.

Washington Post: Sanders wins in Wisconsin, keeping alive his improbable bid for the nomination

Politico: Sanders blows by Clinton in Wisconsin: He’s won seven of the past eight contests, but will it matter?

And then there’s Fox, just about the only major network to report this:

Bernie Sanders beats Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin: It’s about authenticity, stupid

[Joob]

1. I live in bizarro world

Fox gets it right

[RoccoR5955]

2. What will they do

When Bernie wins New York?

[GreatGazoo]

3. So many news outlets lining up to sacrafice their credibility on the altar of Hillary,

so little time left to do so.

[anothergreenbus]

11. I's good to know who our friends are.

Actually we have no friends in the media.
Even so call progressive blogs who now seem to be on the take.

[hereforthevoting]

4. It's a weird rare day

When Fox makes the most sense out of all of them.

Further, when they actually make a valid point in the headline.





Heck, just a few months ago I would read the HECK out of the Daily Beast. Oooops.

[BainsBane]

5. Yeah, the media is totally in the tank for Clinton

The facts really aren't that complicated. Bernie did very well last night, but even so he didn't hit the targets he needs to catch up to Clinton's lead. You see, he's already really far behind. He cut into her 263 earned delegate lead by about 10-13. Certainly better than a loss, but not enough to make up for how far behind he is. Silver says he needs something like 58% of the vote from here on out to catch up. It's better than 64%, where he was on March 15, so he's gained ground, but he still faces an enormous uphill battle to win the nomination.

That presumably doesn't matter to you as much as what you seem to believe is the press' responsibility to make you feel better.
Their job is to report the news. Not coddle supporters of a candidate who trails by some 2.5 million votes. In fact, their job isn't to coddle anyone. That people expect the news to affirm their emotional views is one of the reasons cable "news" has become such complete crap.

[Lucinda]

8. +1 He was about 3% below Nate's minimum that he needed

So yeah, it is certainly not bad for Bernie, but not anything that changes the race.

[Armstead]

10. I agree the media's job should be to inform....But they feel they need to create narritives

They try to create self-fulfilling prophecies. If the supporters of a candidate are relentlessly told their candidate has no chance, it can depress turnout.

Rather than so much breathless ego driven and inbred horse race coverage, they should be giving voters more chance to see and evaluate the candidates for themselves.

[anothergreenbus]

12. You're right about the media being in the tank.

Actually according to 538 Bernie exceeded his necessary delegates for Wisconsin. If the pattern continues, he will win. Clinton is bailing her sinking ship as fast as she can while the media cheers her on. Just another bailout.

[mhatrw]

17. Let's see a spreadsheet showing state by state how many votes Sanders is behind.

link?

[al bupp]

35. Bern Path

http://polichart.com/interactives/bern-path

[mhatrw]

36. Thanks! nt

[B Calm]

6. Hillary needs to drop out so the party can unite behind the liberal candidate.

[Lucinda]

9. LOL

[anothergreenbus]

13. How about naming her Secretary of Integrity?

She pushed through the Panama trade deal for Obama. I wonder how much money the Clintons have stashed off shore?

[paulthompson]

7. Here's my favorite

From the Guardian, of all places. It's the headline right now:

"Sanders beats Clinton as Cruz crushes Trump"

The funny thing about that, and I just checked the numbers right now, is that Sander's margin of victory was 13.4 points while Cruz's margin of victory was 13.2 points. So I guess "beating" is more impressive than "crushing" these days!

[DCBob]

14. Its called reality which many Bernie supporters on this site seem not to understand.

[Tarc]

15. It is an amusingly sad day when Camp Sanders turns to Faux News for their "authentic" reporting.

[babylonsister]

16. No, it's fairly pathetic

when faux news gets it right and leaves the other sites in the dust.

[reddread]

18. as friendly as she is with Rupert Murdoch

what has she promised the rest of them?

[Tarc]

19. You'd have a point, if Faux News was actually right

WI was one of the last open primary states, so the clock is about to strike midnight for Sanderella...

[Lizzie Poppet]

20. Could you possibly be any more ridiculous?

ProTip: that's called a "rhetorical" question; no need to demonstrate that you actually can.

We've understood from the get-go that most of the corporate media is in the bag for Princess Weathervane. Fox got this one right only because it has no dog in the Democratic fight.

[Tarc]

22. Oh, poor little you

5 respectable news outlets say one thing, 1 says the opposite, and the one is the one that has for years been derided, ridiculed, and dismissed by Democrats.

For Christs sake, wake the $%^@ up. Faux News doesn't give a damn about Sanders, his chances against Clinton, or any of that. They post a story propping him up because the longer the Democratic primary is contested, the better it is for their conservative viewers and financiers.

You are the exact kind of Sanders supporters that they hoped to dupe.

[Lizzie Poppet]

23. Wait, you actually think I saw Fox as caring about Sanders?

Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha...

Trust me, sweetcheeks, I know exactly why they elected to post that headline. I also know exactly why the other corporate "news" outlets chose to report the latest Sanders win in the manner they did, an awareness you seem to lack. The spectacular irony of you telling me to "wake the fuck up" is, well...spectacular.

[Tarc]

24. As long as you continue to claim "Fox got this one right"

You will be ridiculed.

[Lizzie Poppet]

25. By you? I'd have to have an iota of respect for the critic to give even a single fuck.

Believe me, that's not in the cards.

[Tarc]

26. Ho-hum

[Lizzie Poppet]

27. Eyes glazing over at the big words?

Dang it...and I thought I was being careful about writing for my audience here.

[Iliyah]

28. Wait until fake news starts vetting BS then we will see the total 180 degree

turn around. It's only called Clinton's News bs when a tiny tiny tiny portion is somewhat pointing to a somewhat favorable or factual info. Majority of the time they are 24/7 negative against HRC but hey that ok.

[Tarc]

30. Fox News is the enemy! We have always been at war with Fox News!

The lack of self-awareness in some of these people is amazing.

[Iliyah]

33. Fake news is still the number one propaganda machine

[ChairmanAgnostic]

21. You missed Chuck Toad.

He is proud of how his staff can turn a Bernie victory into a defeat. Graphics and all.

He really is revolting at times.

[bkkyosemite]

29. Before Bernie winning it was he has to win this he has to or doomsday...then

when he wins ...oh she will be the nominee (no credit for his win) she will be the nominee over and over...and the new one that Clinton must have given orders to the networks....she is the front runner she is the front runner she is the front runner....are you getting sleepy....

[Red Oak]

31. Truly an eye opener

We think we get "news", we think the Democratic party as it exists today is for the little guy.

It is just propaganda.

People are now seeing what consolidation of corporate owned media looks like. People are seeing what the Democratic establishment looks like.

Too bad Hillary hasn't released those transcripts yet. Couple those with the Panama Papers and you would see the true underbelly of our "for the people" Democratic Party.

Bernie would be a breath of fresh air.

Go Bernie!

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

32. Slate was at least realistic.

His entire run has been a tough road, and it will stay that way up until the very last state to vote. Even if he wins, it's going to be a photo finish, nose and nose. Which means the establishment will be looking for even more ways to stack the deck against non-establishment candidates in future. Even more delegates to conservative states, fewer to liberal states, with some cheap excuse as to why they need to reallocate. Even more supers, perhaps. Greater pushes for early voting to lock down votes before insurgent campaigns have a chance to talk to voters, teamed up with on the day voter suppression, since that's working so well this year. More voter ID laws to disenfranchise the most liberal of voters. Anything and everything to shut the liberal end of the spectrum out of the process while making it easy for the conservative end.

[Iliyah]

34. Please don't blame voter suppression issues on the Dems, especially HRC.

As to delegates per state, I doubt that will happen.