Amy Goodman of Democracy Now: How the Media Is Ruining This Election

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49. That's true

They do still have great power, but you must admit that access to information today is infinitely better than it was a few decades ago. As I mentioned, one can get every Bernie Sanders speech and watch it in full. The effort required to find one such speech is pretty minimal.

And while Trump has indeed garnered a lot of media attention (a lot being an understatement), much of it has been negative. If you watch MSNBC, for instance, your perception of Trump would be that he is an absolute buffoon, and a dangerous one at that.

With regard to the NY Daily News - they did a pretty extensive interview with Sanders and with Clinton, and I think if one reads the transcripts of either interview, one can judge for themselves how each candidate acquitted his or herself. Just a few years ago, access to these full transcripts would have been nearly impossible to acquire - now it can be easily done.

Yes, there is a great deal of spin on the major networks and even the lesser ones, but I marvel at how far we have come in terms of the availability of primary source material and opinion pieces from across a very broad spectrum. Not to mention, the ability to get first hand accounts from ordinary people who are on the scene at various events.