Sanders being rendered nonexistent by Iowa media <frustrated>

[CoffeeCat]

86. Media coverage of anything...

...products, companies, politicians, causes--are primarily influenced by the PR and media-relations teams that represent those interests.

I imagine that Hillary has a large communications team that is working the media 24/7. I don't begrudge them that. They're just doing their jobs. It's a job in which I worked for many years.

Eighty percent of what you read in the newspapers and see on television news, is there because a PR person pitched the information to a reporter.

So, I get it. I understand how all of this works. I also know that this is a political campaign where candidates fight for any advantage that they can get. It can get dirty.

My main concern is that the media is failing to do their job. By leveraging Clinton so much and disseminating her talking points, they are not reporting the news. They are providing a very biased and inaccurate account of basic events--like a debate. You look at that article about the debate--and it's all Hillary Clinton. No mention of Sanders or O'Malley. That's...not right.

I don't know what is going on behind the scenes. But whatever has happened--Clinton is getting an unfair advantage and is being painted in a glowing light--while Sanders is rendered invisible. That's not fair.

Iowans are relying on our local media to make informed decisions. They're not doing their jobs and they're doing a disservice to our state and to our caucus system.