Americans Get Testy With Media After It Disrupts a Presser on Poverty to Ask About ISIS. [View all]

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Delendarius ‏@Delendarius 3h3 hours ago

@danmericaCNN Dan did you even have a question about the problems facing the community in Balt. did you even care about the greater context

@danmericaCNN Have you not wondered whether the concerns in Baltimore are worth even paying attention to or even write down what was said?

@danmericaCNN You didn't even give a passing mention to poverty in Balt. in your story. I'm almost certain you weren't paying attention and

@danmericaCNN were just waiting to ask an ISIS question because they asked not to in hopes to get a "gotcha moment"

@danmericaCNN I know you don't like having to be "stuck" with covering Bernie, but could you attempt being a quality journalist regardless

D.Gol ‏@dgolabek 4h4 hours ago
@danmericaCNN so he visits Baltimore for specific issue, and your article is based on him not wanting to talk about something else..

Katie ‏@Ah_occ_o 3h3 hours ago
@danmericaCNN Wasn't this about Baltimore & issues facing communities of color? Sorry it doesnt fit ur agenda of 24/7 fear mongering

MariaV ‏@MariaVieito 53m53 minutes ago

@danmericaCNN Can you report something about #BLM from the BLM press conference or are you too busy throwing a tantrum about ISIS?

From MSNBC's Discussion Board under their "testy" story:

@Kooool_Kev
The fear mongers use ISIS as the focus of their cowboy diplomacy but rising income inequality/poverty, climate change, racism and US empire building will do more to radicalize people around the globe than Islamic extremism.

Adkalex
Sanders is right. Politicians want everybody to be distracted and afraid. That way we will not focus on the fact that Americans are getting screwed by big money special interests!

Trevor Lucius
Wow. It's no surprise, but still disappointing at how hard MSNBC is pushing for Hillary. Editorializing much? I wish Bernie could get the kind of favorable headlines and stories that Hillary gets from a "progressive" news outlet, but we all know that's not how this will play out. MSNBC is the FOX News of the Democratic Party.

Drake Richter
What a lame headline. Even the content of the article fails to support it. Only a complete idiot would fault Sanders for maintaining his focus - you have to prioritize. You don't just drop everything and stop fixing deeply, horrifically damaging social and economic systems that have scarred this country to its core to go 'fight the terrorists'. You do goddamn both, because we can.

Dem-A-Dog
The media is totally and entirely besotted with TERRORISM. It is ALL they want to talk about. The vanishing middle class means nothing to them, doesn't even enter their radar screen. I for one am getting just a LITTLE tired of this garabage.

OT Groucho
Bernie is absolutely right and the headline writer/article writers are dead wrong to suggest that he isn't. The fact that Bernie isn't buying into corporate media's sensationalist bull@!$%# is a Good thing. The fact that corporate media is more concerned with ratings than with informing the public is a bad thing.

I think their stories are backfiring on them.