Media Blackout BOMBS As Bernie Sanders Has MORE SUPPORT Than Every GOP Candidate In Iowa

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65. Agreed, the primary as presented by the media is boring

But they could make it more interesting if they covered it as if it were a contest. which it is.

Admittedly there's a big difference between someone with, say, 38% support in the Republican primary and someone with 38% in the Democratic primary, because of the different number of contenders. But I don't understand shutting Bernie out completely. If the networks are making bank covering Trump, why wouldn't they want to encourage a contested race in the Democratic primary too? Obviously (from the size of Bernie's rallies and the fervor of his support) there would be a lot of interest in what he has to say.

No rational media person wants Trump to win, so assuming that there's a concerted decision to shut Bernie out because they don't want him to win doesn't make sense. It's all about making money for them, and a more suspenseful Democratic race could do that. I certainly agree with you that the GOP race is more interesting, but it doesn't have to be that way.