Media Blackout BOMBS As Bernie Sanders Has MORE SUPPORT Than Every GOP Candidate In Iowa

[Segami]

Network news has chosen to ignore Sen. Bernie Sanders, but his message is spreading across the country. The message can’t be stopped, and it is the reason why the messenger from Vermont has more support than all of the Republican presidential candidates in Iowa.

The media has been blacking out the message of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, but the numbers don’t lie. Sanders has more support in Iowa than every single Republican presidential candidate. In the new Iowa Poll released by the Des Moines Register and Bloomberg Politics, Sen. Bernie Sanders had eight points more support than the highest polling Republican presidential candidate. Sanders trailed Hillary Clinton 48%-39% in the latest poll, but his level of support was eight points higher than Ted Cruz (31%) and ten points higher than media darling Donald Trump (21%). Sen. Sanders has nearly twice the level of support that Trump has in Iowa but has gotten thirty times less coverage on the network news broadcasts. Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver said, “We have come a long way in Iowa since we were at 5 percent in the same poll last January and very few people knew who Bernie Sanders was or what he stood for. This poll shows there is a very clear path to victory in Iowa.”


Bernie Sanders has come a long way in a very short period of time. His 80% approval rating trails Hillary Clinton by two points and President Obama by seven points. Sanders has quickly risen to be one of the most popular figures within the Democratic Party. The Sanders approval rating is higher than all of the Republican presidential candidates. Sanders’ approval rating is seven points higher than Ted Cruz(73%), ten points higher than Marco Rubio (70%), and 22 points higher than Donald Trump (58%). The network news decision to ignore the presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders has been a major miscalculation. Sanders has developed into one of the most popular candidates in the entire country, and he exponentially more popular than every single Republican contender that the nightly news broadcasts on ABC, NBC, and CBS waste their airtime on.


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http://www.politicususa.com/2015/12/14/media-blackout-bombs-bernie-sanders-support-gop-candidate-iowa.html

[UglyGreed]

1. K/R

[brooklynite]

2. Bernie Sanders isn't being kept off the air because he's "challenging the system"

He's being kept off the air because he's boring. The media isn't RED and it isn't BLUE. It's GREEN. It puts out material that it's audience wants to see, in order to sell advertising.

The start of his campaign was reported. The size of his rallies was reported. His comments in the debates were reported. He's been interviewed by every network.

But if you're going to compare his coverage to Donald Trump, then the answer is to become a quotable as Donald Trump. Say something outrageous; get into a fight with the interviewer. Trump is good for viewers; Sanders is not.

[firebrand80]

3. This Democratic primary itself is boring

Hillary is on top at doesn't have a serious challenger (which I don't think is good for the Party, or for Hillary as a candidate). The GOP race is far, far more interesting.

[renate]

65. Agreed, the primary as presented by the media is boring

But they could make it more interesting if they covered it as if it were a contest. which it is.

Admittedly there's a big difference between someone with, say, 38% support in the Republican primary and someone with 38% in the Democratic primary, because of the different number of contenders. But I don't understand shutting Bernie out completely. If the networks are making bank covering Trump, why wouldn't they want to encourage a contested race in the Democratic primary too? Obviously (from the size of Bernie's rallies and the fervor of his support) there would be a lot of interest in what he has to say.

No rational media person wants Trump to win, so assuming that there's a concerted decision to shut Bernie out because they don't want him to win doesn't make sense. It's all about making money for them, and a more suspenseful Democratic race could do that. I certainly agree with you that the GOP race is more interesting, but it doesn't have to be that way.

[hedda_foil]

4. Oh please, Brooky, come up with an excuse less laughable.

Of COURSE he's interesting. If you want to make a decent argument about $$$$, try this one, at least: because his campaign is funded by small donors and not major donors, he won't have the kind of green the media is expecting from Hillary. And he wants to break up the big media, which they will resist with all their might.

But never mind that because you say he's boring.

[brooklynite]

8. How is he interesting?

By challenging Hilarry Clinton? By taking on Wall Street? Great; he did all that in May. What's new? Trump s ALWAYS good for new material. That's why the debates have such high ratings; did you think it was an audience looking for thoughtful discourse on tax policies?
If "corporate media" was trying to protect "the establishment" the person they WOULDN'T cover is Trump; because he's to unpredictable in terms of what he'll say and what he'll do, and that's bad for business.

[Omaha Steve]

11. Photo of boring old white guy speaking to an empty room

[Jackilope]

28. A picture is worth a 1000 words!

That doesn't look like a snooze fest!

I find that getting to the heart of issues and not being a corporate shill is FAR from boring.

[Champion Jack]

34. this!

[brooklynite]

48. Media coverage of boring old guy speaking to an empty room

http://myfox8.com/2015/09/13/thousands-attend-rally-for-bernie-sanders-in-greensboro/

[Omaha Steve]

49. Reporter "All the excitment"

Thanks for the back up!

OS

[Bubzer]

63. Did you seriously just cite fox news? I think my opinion of you just dropped a few notches.

Here's a whole host of images for that rally and the 9 thousand plus people in attendance.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Bernie+sanders+GREENSBORO,+N.C+rally&biw=1536&bih=718&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwixyYv4qN7JAhUM1B4KHbOoDxgQ_AUIBygC

[brooklynite]

66. FOX is a Television Network (you know, "The Simpsons"?) It's affiliates have nothing to do with FNC

But if it makes you feel better.....

http://www.msnbc.com/hardball/watch/bernie-sanders-holds-rally-in-south-carolina-510594115909

[Bubzer]

71. Okay... where is this so-called empty room you were claiming? Hmmm?

[Autumn]

67. Seriously? Did ya get the wrong link? 9 thousand cheering an "old guy"

is in no known reality a "boring old guy speaking to an empty room" I think you got pranked with that link. Yeah there has been a media blackout in the national news. If he's somewhere local then it get's covered with a blurb, quickly glossed over.

[brooklynite]

68. See #11 upthread; I'm just replying in context

[Segami]

54. LOL!...

Yea....pretty boring!....

Try telling that to these folks...

[hedda_foil]

12. And he's in with the latest HRC talking point!

He's booooring. Always talking about the same old same old ... getting the young, the old, the parents and grandparents, sons and daughters, the once mighty American middle class, back on their feet and out from under the boot of corporatists.

Got it!

[Juicy_Bellows]

21. Such a terribly boring message don't you think?

I mean I almost passed out halfway through your paragraph.



He needs to juggle flaming chainsaws - or dress up as Elmo and pester folks in Times Square! Maybe that'll do the trick?

I've never been more excited to vote for a president in my life.

Cheers.

[madfloridian]

38. .....

[blackspade]

64. +1000

[nxylas]

72. Unlike the sheer electricity generated by HRH

It's a complete mystery why The Onion chose to satirise her like this: http://www.theonion.com/blogpost/i-am-fun-51731

[Live and Learn]

86. Well, you gotta give it to them. With Hillary you never know what side she will take on a given day.

Now that is exciting!

[madokie]

26. People as a whole

who are watching the 'CONs debates and eating that shit is the base. That 30 % will always be there but 30% won't win this election.
No one out here in the real world where people work with their hands as well as with their hearts and heads are saying they're liking what the 'grumpy old man' has to say and a lot of them will be voting for him and you can bet on that. people are fed up with the status quo and are going to do something about it. This mans message is resonating with most everyone and its traveling faster than a wild fire in a high wind. Hide an watch and remember when I said that Bernie Sanders will be our next President.

Hillary is too polarizing and too many people are sick of her and want her to go away. What gets me is who are these people that are polled 'cause I damn sure don't see it around here. I'm in what i would consider a purple place too.

[panader0]

35. "he did all that in May." Yup, he has stayed true to his beliefs.

He did that years ago-- he doesn't change every time the wind blows just to try to be "interesting".

[bunnies]

44. I saw Bernie before the anointed one even declared.

He was way more interesting than she'll ever be. At least to those who care about normal, non-wealthy people.

Trump is good for hate and ire. What you call "new material". Unpredictability doesnt matter when bombast is involved. Bad for business? lol. Ever heard of a "reality show"? Meh.

The 1% is so out of touch.

[JDPriestly]

45. He walked the streets of Baltimore with African-American Black Lives Matter activists.

If the media were really interested in what is going on in this country, in what is news, they would have followed every second of his tour of that area of Baltimore and the speeches that were given at that time.

Instead, they asked about ISIS.

The American media does not just not care about Bernie. They don't just neglect telling Bernie's story. They refuse to tell the story of America, of the America that is struggling to pay bills, to find jobs, to educate themselves, to feel safe.

It isn't that Bernie is boring.

It's that the media doesn't care about the American people.

The people that we see on prime-time news are overpaid, undereducated and could care less about us normal Americans.

[brooklynite]

50. Media covering him walking the streets of Baltimore...

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/12/08/bernie-sanders-to-stop-in-baltimore/

[Omaha Steve]

52. You do know the difference between local and NATIONAL?

From the OP: Network news has chosen to ignore Sen. Bernie Sanders, but his message is spreading across the country.

OS

[JDPriestly]

83. Have you seen the Killer Mike interview of Bernie?

It's posted in a series in the Bernie group.

Nothing boring about it. Nothing at all.

What is boring is watching Hillary shill for the 1%.

Hillary is the boring, expected, throw-back to the 1990s one in this race.

Sorry to have to break the news to you, but there is a reason why millenials, the young voters, prefer Bernie.

Hillary is same old, same old, boring and uncreative political doublespeak.

Too little too late. That's Hillary's plan for America.

The network news loves her because they want a Republican to win this time.

Bernie will win the heart of the country if he is the nominee.

Hillary will not.

[tex-wyo-dem]

84. That's local news of Baltimore...

The ISIS question was asked by CNN. Did CNN report on Bernie's walk through the poor neiborhoods of Baltimore or talk about why he was there? The only thing that made their "news" was his "grumpy" refusal to answer the ISIS question.

CNN and the rest of the putrid crap that pawns itself as news in this country is not interested in the least about talking about the real issues affecting real Americans. They just push their tabloid schlock they think will sell.

[tecelote]

82. Could it be something real? Like this...

Television News Network Lobbyists Are Fundraising for Hillary Clinton
https://theintercept.com/2015/10/29/media-fundraisers-presidential/

[PatrynXX]

9. if he's so boring why are his rally's so packed

people are in the stairways listening to him smh seriously. Hillary? now she's bori..... ahem where am I what am I doing here. can we get off this pro wall street crap

[AgingAmerican]

13. Their latest meme is that GOP candidates deserve more airtime because they are exciting!

Every week they slip a bit further into the abyss.

It's excuse making for DWS debateless Democrafic self blackout

[ozone_man]

23. People for change are boring

To the status quo.

[retrowire]

6. o.o nt

[AgingAmerican]

10. Laughable denial

Hillary supporters now see Republican stupidity as 'exciting;'. lol

[Chef Eric]

15. Right! He's boring!

Look how bored these people look:

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[BeanMusical]

18. +1000

[AlbertCat]

17. He's being kept off the air because he's boring.

That's an opinion, not a reason he's being blacked out.

There's certainly nothing more boring than hearing the same old 3rd Way triangulation, vagueness and wishy-washy prattle.

Sanders is only boring to people not really interested in what's being said, and more interested in status, familiarity, and platitudes.

Certain folks and big media may assume it's boring, but t's not.

[litlbilly]

22. Well said Albert

[thebighobgoblin]

80. He's angry.

But anger doesn't get things done. Sanders can't run the country himself. He can't work with congress.

[Dont call me Shirley]

20. Boring?! That is so fucking funny.....

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://www.secularnirvanablog.com/what-the-pundits-and-experts-fail-to-understand-about-the-bernie-sanders-phenomenon/&h=506&w=900&tbnid=BKgOcqaE__FSrM:&docid=5ZxNJRrinUAuGM&hl=en-US&ei=CmlvVrW_EeHZjgTJtauYBA&tbm=isch&ved=0ahUKEwi17KTk19zJAhXhrIMKHcnaCkMQMwghKAUwBQ

[Loudestlib]

33. .

Hillary is a warmongering, wall street, crook.

[floriduck]

40. Crock Alert!!!

Ding, ding, ding. Crock Alert! Code Crock! Please report to the nearest bullshit disposal site to cleanse yourself to prevent Crockitis!

[Betty Karlson]

58. Yeah, anything that enthouses millennials is by definition boring.

It's not like millennials are an important advertising demographic or anything...

[brooklynite]

60. Except that I'm told that millennials don't get their news from TV...

...so, no, they're not.

[Betty Karlson]

61. Now why would that be?

Maybe because the TV doesn't want to bring them unbiased news?

[bjobotts]

75. No accounting for taste. Not boring to me. Exciting.

Bernie challenges the money making power of the networks and their owners which is why he's being blacked out.

[thebighobgoblin]

78. He's being kept off the air because he's no mystery

If you want to know where Bernie Sanders stands, just read a Noam Chomsky novel. Or Trotsky?

[LiberalAndProud]

85. I'm not a television viewer, so I have no way to judge this,

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but from the DU buzz, I would surmise that everyone at the kiddie table on the Republican side is getting more press than Sanders, who it would seem, as second in the polls on the Democratic side, should get substantial air time. O'Malley, evidently, is being frozen out to an even greater degree.

I'm not sure I can buy your narrative that boring explains absence of air time. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong. But I believe even Hillary suffers from a pro-Republican bias on network tv. The ownership class has their preferences, I suspect.

[retrowire]

5. Thank you Information Age! nt

[NCTraveler]

7. No matter the reasons for less air time.

This is awesome.

[BeanMusical]

14. Kick and R

[SCantiGOP]

16. Chris Hayes now on MSNBC

Showed polling that had Trump at 41%, but I believe your 21% because you use a lot of capital and bold letters.
And, I'm sure it's not relevant that you are comparing him to the people he isn't running against and ignoring the fact that he is 9 points behind his actual opponent.

[INdemo]

25. Obama was behind Hillary right up until

the Iowa Caucus,then Hillary, the campaigner that she is, with all that support finished third.
I believe Bernie Sanders is going to win Iowa and NH and for Hillary it will be 2008 all over again.

[SCantiGOP]

43. Look at the first three

SC comes after Iowa and NH, and Clinton is ahead 3:1 and appears to be on track for about 80 of the African American vote, so people may forget the first two if they are close or, especially, if it's Clinton's third straight win.

[Eric J in MN]

42. National Poll vs. Iowa Poll

Donald Trump is at at 41% in the latest national poll and at 28% in the latest Iowa poll.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/elections/

[demwing]

59. It doesn't matter what you believe when you get your facts wrong

the 21% is a a state poll, the 41% is a national poll.

[peacebird]

19. Kick & rec!

[in_cog_ni_to]

24. The Corporate Owned corrupt MSM

needs to be dismantled after Bernie's elected. The Fairness Doctrine should be reinstated and networks rebooted from the ground up with ETHICAL journalists only. They should be sued for being unethical and participating in the attempted destruction of our Democracy. They're all complicit.

The man who brings all these people to his rallies is IGNORED. HRH hasn't even come close to pulling this size of crowds.

PHOENIX - 11,000
SEATTLE - 15,000
PORTLAND, OR. - 28,000
LA,CA. - 27,500
BOSTON - 33,000 WITH 4,000 OVERFLOW CROWD
TUCSON, AZ. - 13,000
BOULDER, CO. - 13,000
HOUSTON, TX. - 5,200
DALLAS, TX. - 8,000

There's even more rallies, with numbers just as impressive, but the graphic is on my computer.

Bernie WILL win the nomination. The CORPORATE OWNED CORRUPT MSM, will be put in their place. They aren't as powerful as they think they are. Bernie owns the Internet and his supporters are MASSIVELY MOTIVATED.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[INdemo]

29. I watched MSNBC breifly today and

they were talking about Trump's numbers vs Cruz's in Iowa.they talked about Trump for a solid 10 minutes and i had to change the channel couldn't take the BS anymore. Just out of curiosity went to Faux same thing.

Oh and on morning Joe same thing and they inserted Hillary vs Trump (Bernies poll numbers) but didn't mention Bernie defeats them all.



I think its going to be great with Bernie winning the nomination then Govt appropriated funds to defeat the Koch Bro's..

Wow now thats what I call taking our country back.

[libdem4life]

27. I don't listen to him much any more. Why? He always says the same thing...whoa...

always that same thing? Yep. I know who I'm voting for, he's said enough for me. I don't have to constantly listen for the next nuance, or shifting position, or yada yada yada.

He's said it, he'll do his best to do it and pretty much nothing will change between now and GE time.

I like boring and thoughtful and seasoned and reasoned and those old fashioned things. I can see him fitting in with world leaders, holding up hands in victory. I won't have to worry that our nation will be embarrassed by his antics.

[MrMickeysMom]

30. Fucking HUGE K&R!!!

Hey, everybody bounce!

[jalan48]

31. Worrying about people working multiple jobs at minimum wage with no benefits is

so 1930's. Come on Bernie, talk about something interesting!

[NastyRiffraff]

32. Okay, I'll wade in here...

with trepedation. What's with the ALL CAPS in (seemingly) random words? I'm not trying to be insulting; I really am curious. I see this all the time in the titles of Sanders-related threads and I simply don't understand it. Is it some kind of code? Because it really is unusual. Unless you're trying to emulate those very annoying email subjects from the DNC (hope not!) Thanks.

[erronis]

36. Silly. Trepedation. Come on, at least GIVE A SHIT if you are going to waste your time.

[NastyRiffraff]

62. Heh. Figures.

Not a surprising "response." Thanks.

[pnwmom]

37. Do the math. 3 Dem candidates vs. more than a dozen GOP.

. So of course none of them have numbers as high as our candidates.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

41. Can I just say

[PosterChild]

46. Main stream liberal media responds.....

....eh.

Bernie Sanders thinks he deserves more media coverage. Eh…

http://wapo.st/1Z5g0yc

[restorefreedom]

47. bernie's got the mojo

despite the pathetic attempts of m$m to keep their lock on their greedy consumption.

can't wait to see him take on tRump

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

51. Interesting what is over looked

His 80% approval rating trails Hillary Clinton by two points and President Obama by seven points.

So basically, Hillary is still the better candidate going by the numbers?

Hey look, I'm glad Bernie is more popular than all Republicans. He should be. So should MO'M.

[JonLeibowitz]

55. What about honest and trustworthy? That is an enlightening stat.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

56. Where does this article cite the particular numbers for that?

I don't see them. I figure if you're trying to make a case for Bernie's electability numbers, versus his current opponent, you wouldn't not just bury the lead, but actually cite it.

[reformist2]

53. Benrie's starting to hit 40% now with almost no MSM coverage - that's pretty amazing.

[Enthusiast]

57. Kicked and recommended to the Max!

[NAO]

69. What can we do to remedy this?

This does not surprise me...they don't want/won't let Bernie to get a fair shot.

But, What can we do to remedy this? Is there a channel or method to contact the news outlets and complain? Or what...???

[Android3.14]

70. The fact he has done this with active ignore-ance from the corporate press is amazing

[Proud Liberal Dem]

73. I enjoy reading Politicus

but some of their headlines are overly bombastic- and being more popular than the current Republican candidates is a pretty low bar to clear IMHO.

[SoapBox]

74. K & R!

Go Bernie!

Go Berners!

[LiberalLovinLug]

76. Then there's....

Empty seat syndrome: Sparse crowds for Hillary in New Hampshire and Jeb in Nevada...


Like Bush, Hillary Clinton has sometimes struggled to find substantial crowds on the campaign trail, such as this event Thursday in Laconia, NH

[thebighobgoblin]

77. What support?

Bernie Sanders is unelectable. He has no support, except in the imagination of some.

[Buzz Clik]

79. Great to hear about Sanders's support in Iowa. But about this:

Media blackout.

Not so much.

[JDPriestly]

81. You'd think that Bernie's amazing rise in the polls would be a huge and exciting story.

It is no accident that no reporter has latched onto it and made it the central story in the campaign coverage.

That in and of itself suggests that we are no longer a democracy. That the unexpected and sudden rise like Bernie's in the polls following crowds of 27,000 in stadiums for speeches and so little prime-time news coverage of that story?

Something stinks in our media. Smells like putrid fish.

This is strange.