The Washington Post REALLY Wants You To Know Something About Bernie Sanders
Source:
WhoWhatWhy.org
By Klaus Marre
When two Washington think tanks released tax and spending proposals earlier this (month),
the Washington Post REALLY wanted readers to know that the non-partisan experts determined that implementing them would add trillions of dollars to the national debt.
Obviously, and in-depth look at how much Sanders' plans would cost is news and should be covered by an outlet like the Post...After all, a lot of criticism has been directed at the Vermont senator for making promises on the campaign trail that would be difficult to keep.
One story would have done the trick, especially because the Post and all other major newspapers keep telling voters that the race for the Democratic nomination is over.
So it wouldn't make sense to spend a lot of ink and time on writing about a cost analysis of the plans of the guy who has no chance of winning, right?
Wrong!
The Post did not cover one story on the study conducted jointly by the Urban Institute and the Tax Policy Center, it published four of them within hours of the analysis being made public.
First there was "Sorry, Bernie fans. His health care plan is short $17,000,000,000,000," which was published on the "Wonkblog" and provided a summary of the study
(complete with the Sanders campaign disputing the findings).
That probably should have been the end of it with regard to the coverage of the analysis.
But it wasn't.
More:
http://whowhatwhy.org/2016/05/12/washington-post-really-wants-know-something-bernie-sanders/
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Hey, the owners of WAPO don't want someone who is for the 90%. 
