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

[oberliner]

84. Is the NY Times not part of the corporate media?

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Because that article you linked to provides a pretty detailed defense of Bernie Sanders.

With regard to Trump, he did get a lot of coverage, but much of it was mocking him. He was not taken seriously as a candidate by much of the corporate media (and still isn't).

With regard to the Daily News interview, you are right that most don't read the transcripts but are shaped by media coverage of it. But that kind of thing happens to Hillary a lot as well - where her saying "bring them to heel" is repeated without anyone really providing or seeking out the fuller context of her remarks.

The difference now vs. twenty years ago is that people can actually find the un-filtered source material online if they are inclined to do so. I can read the full Daily News interview with Sanders or watch the full remarks by Clinton and reach my own conclusions about either.