Are the Media Erasing Elizabeth Warren's Presence in the Presidential Race?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Media figures and politicos have begun discussing just how much they're not discussing Sen. Elizabeth Warren and her presidential campaign.

Calling it "erasure," some political thinkers and Warren supporters are questioning whether a perceived lack of serious Warren coverage is the cause or effect of her recent slip in national polls as competitors for the Democratic nomination, like Sen. Bernie Sanders and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, have risen.

"I'm not sure anyone appreciates the deep well of anger and pain among Warren supporters — many of whom are the women whose activism drove 2018 — listening to experts write off Elizabeth Warren's campaign," podcaster and former Yahoo News and Time journalist Amy Sullivan wrote on Twitter on Monday.

Vulture's Joe Aladian agreed: "The media erasure of Warren is a real thing, and extends even to outlets like John Oliver's HBO show. Last night, he focused on Medicare for All, which he repeatedly framed as 'Bernie's plan,' reducing her to a few 'Warren's for it, too' mentions. No, she has her own plan."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/are-the-media-erasing-elizabeth-warren-s-presence-in-the-presidential-race/ar-BB107RCG?ocid=msn360

[Kurt V.]

1. yes

Jodi Jacobson
@jljacobson
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@chucktodd
you just showed a graphic WITHOUT
@ewarren
... who has the third most delegates.

What is your excuse? And how can you possibly be a debate moderator?

[MoonlitKnight]

2. Media blackout

[link:California for Warren 🗽 (@CA_for_Warren) Tweeted: Where is Warren? #WheresWarren #Warren2020 https://t.co/r82dnaIg9c

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[link:Lana Del Gay 🏳️?🌈 Warren 2020 ✨ (@McClellandShane) Tweeted: Imagine sitting in the newsroom. Seeing this graphic and not immediately asking literally everyone - where is Warren??? https://t.co/LEpR6cUhh9

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[Hermit-The-Prog]

25. pretty much discredits NBC/WSJ

Are they that scared of Senator Warren?

[blm]

3. Warren is solidly anticorruption.The financial industry KNOWS how powerful she is when

facing corruption because she knows every little trick they employ to keep the economic system rigged against working families.

Jamie Dimon gets reduced to stuttering when confronted by Warren.

Wells Fargo’s top execs lost their jobs.

Who owns the media?

[ancianita]

14. +1

[wackadoo wabbit]

21. This exactly

[msongs]

4. the two biggest windbags are getting all the media despite on windbag's claim of blacklisting lol nt

[pecosbob]

5. Rise up and let your voices be heard...and then persist.

[left-of-center2012]

6. I'm guessing it was Iowa and NH

The attention goes to those atop Warren?

[essme]

9. Like Iowa when she came in 3rd?

And mostly all that was reported was Bernie and Pete and Joe (tanking)? Omitting 3rd to skip to 4th.

[blm]

10. She came in 3rd in Iowa and currently is 3rd in delegate counts.

[Dem2]

7. Sure, blame the media when ones candidate just isn't getting traction with voters

Same o' same o'. Happens every election.

[MoonlitKnight]

11. Third most delegates

That means more than:

Biden
Klobuchar
Bloomberg
Or anyone other than Pete and Bernie.

[krissey]

12. Sanders is bonding with Fox griping about unfair MSNBC. You want to go there?

[blm]

8. Some networks didn't air her speeches after Iowa and NH.

Or they just showed a small portion.

[abqtommy]

13. The U.S. media must think we're mushrooms, they keep feeding us bullshit.

[McCamy Taylor]

15. Yes, she is getting the John and Elizabeth Edwards treatment. Death by 1000 ignores

[we can do it]

16. Yes.

[Tom Rinaldo]

17. Yes. n/t

[customerserviceguy]

18. She'll get a chance

tomorrow night to put her campaign above the fold again.

[hangaleft]

19. She's already above the fold

She’s being ignored.

I remember the night of the Iowa caucuses. They had Warren about to give her speech, then they went to a split view to show her and <I’m embarrassed to say I forget who the other candidate was, it was either Biden or Klobuchar> and they dropped Liz entirely and gave full screen coverage of the other candidate’s speech. I was livid. Disgusted. Angry. And the media has ignored Warren and rendered her a non-entity ever since.

These fuckers piss me off. There’s no question that their ignoring the Warren campaign is suppressing support for her candidacy.

[customerserviceguy]

20. If she does a better job

of going after Bloomie than Sanders does, she'll be news again. I think she's more intelligent than Sanders, and probably a better debater.

[uponit7771]

22. YES !!! She's not contrasting herself with Sanders enough other than disclosure of cost.

[deminks]

23. Yes.

And two polls have left her out completely from reporting, possibly from polling.

This will make her my choice very soon.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

24. It ain't just women who are pissed off at (mostly tv) media over this.

Warren is the best qualified of the lot to deal with the threats we're facing. The more people know about her -- personality, work, plans -- the more they like her for the work that needs to be done.

Warren is NOT BS.

[DesertRat]

26. CNBC did it to Andrew Yang too

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