Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumWashington Post editor calls Sanders claim about campaign coverage a 'conspiracy theory'
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"Sen. Sanders is a member of a large club of politicians of every ideology who complain about their coverage. Contrary to the conspiracy theory the senator seems to favor, Jeff Bezos allows our newsroom to operate with full independence, as our reporters and editors can attest.
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Sanders connected Bezos' ownership of the Post to its coverage. But on Monday night in North Conway, New Hampshire, he also singled out The New York Times.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/457191-washington-post-editor-calls-sanders-claim-about-campaign-coverage-conspiracy
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/12/politics/bernie-sanders-washington-post/index.html
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Me.
(35,454 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
mcar
(42,371 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lapucelle
(18,305 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)He's Trump-like in his demands that media cover him just like he wants. No other candidate has that, but Saint Bernie must have deference from the media.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lapucelle
(18,305 posts)in any political campaign.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Chemisse
(30,816 posts)It was quite effective then. Poor Bernie.
The finger is just pointing in different directions now.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LincolnRossiter
(560 posts)But Bernie nursed this sense of grievance against the press and DNC in 2016, in spite of the fact that Hillary won:
34 contests to his 23 (remember that the territories vote in the primaries)
2842 delegates to his 1865
and 16.9 million votes to 13.2 million (55-43%)
He likes to whine just to whine.
If he pulls this sour grapes crap again this year I'm slashing his tires (just kidding, but I'll be pissed).
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Princetonian
(1,501 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lapucelle
(18,305 posts)Joe Biden is a class act.
Be that as it may, anyone advancing narratives designed to undermine public trust in in reliable news sources needs to be called out.
Link to tweet
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,859 posts)Plus I am not seeing any of the other candidates complaining about media coverage.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lapucelle
(18,305 posts)possibly Joe Biden's biggest fan.
He wore Joe Biden socks.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,859 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)He was actually the person AMERICA wanted for president in 2016, but the electoral process was corrupted by Democrats, and the press buried him. (The Democratic Party controls MSNBC outright.)
They, and Hillary of course, also kept him from running third-party, which in a real election he would have won handily against both corrupt nominees of the major parties.
This is all from the horses' one end or the other at another forum.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
zentrum
(9,865 posts)...Bernie over Bezos.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Cha
(297,522 posts)to make him so upset at the WaPo? And, who wrote them.. was it Bezos who wrote them?
Mahalo, lapucelle!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
yaesu
(8,020 posts)shame!
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
NYMinute
(3,256 posts)bringing "multi-billionaire" to the argument as sympathy after a candidate peddles and is caught peddling conspiracy theories is pathetic.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lapucelle
(18,305 posts)the intergrityof its reporters and editors.
In what world is that "bashing a progressive candidate to protect a multi billionaire"?
Anyone advancing narratives designed to undermine public trust in in reliable news sources needs to be called out.
Shame on anyone flying the "fake news" banner.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
NYMinute
(3,256 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(145,489 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lapucelle
(18,305 posts)...Nunes' lawsuit looks like yet another attempt by the California Republican and loyal Trump defender to take down the newspaper that reports on his congressional district.
Nunes went after the Fresno Bee in campaign ads in his 2018 re-election bid, as well as sent out an unhinged fake magazine attacking the newspaper.
https://shareblue.com/devin-nunes-lawsuit-hometown-paper-mcclatchy-fresno-bee-mean/
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden