2016 Postmortem

Uncle Joe

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82. The study and OP refer to "nightly national network news broadcasts."

Sat Jan 2, 2016, 05:51 PM

Jan 2016

The Tyndall Report, a non-partisan media monitoring firm that has been tracking the nightly news broadcasts of ABC, CBS, and NBC, found that Trump is tromp, tromp, tromping over the airtime of everyone else.

I also view CNN a fair amount of the time, and Bernie is almost never mentioned unless they can find something negative to report.

The ads that you see are paid for by Bernie's campaign, the national network nightly news is nothing but free advertising, it reaches a much larger market and Trump since day one has received a vastly disproportionate share, whether his utterances are newsworthy or not.

Furthermore the nightly network news broadcasts almost never mention the issues which Bernie raises no matter how newsworthy because they have an inherent conflict of interest which is at odds with that of the vast majority of the American People.

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Jim Hightower: The Corporate Media Is Basically Pretending Bernie Sanders Doesn't Exist [View all] Uncle Joe Jan 2016 OP

great post, uncle joe! restorefreedom Jan 2016 #1

Thank you, restorefreedom, Uncle Joe Jan 2016 #2

thanks! :) nt restorefreedom Jan 2016 #3

From a practical standpoint, he doesn't. MohRokTah Jan 2016 #4

There is nothing practical about conglomerate "news" organizations creating self-fulfilling Uncle Joe Jan 2016 #6

As you may know, the MSM doesn't dictate jkbRN Jan 2016 #11

If you say so, it must be true Ned_Devine Jan 2016 #12

From the perspective of a handful of billionaires who now own 90% the media... raindaddy Jan 2016 #14

According to the media only. bjobotts Jan 2016 #20

Then why do I see him all over the murielm99 Jan 2016 #26

I live in Iowa and Skidmore Jan 2016 #56

The study and OP refer to "nightly national network news broadcasts." Uncle Joe Jan 2016 #82

Cable news is moving into irrelevancy Fawke Em Jan 2016 #41

Wow. He's ahead in NH, and could easily take Iowa, and we have people here saying he doesn't matter. reformist2 Jan 2016 #87

If he wins Iowa, he becomes newsworthy. MohRokTah Jan 2016 #92

Bernie's message is and has been newsworthy for years, but it's not profitable Uncle Joe Jan 2016 #102

For anything to be profitable and thus newsworthy,... MohRokTah Jan 2016 #103

Profitable and newsworthy aren't the same thing, that's the basic problem Uncle Joe Jan 2016 #104

Jim Hightower endorsed and campaigned for Ralph Nader in 2000. onehandle Jan 2016 #5

Once Again It'sTime to Review The 14 Characteristics that Define A FASCIST State Paying CorporatistNation Jan 2016 #7

K and R! CorporatistNation Jan 2016 #8

Thanks for posting this fascist rundown. bjobotts Jan 2016 #22

I extracted a clip of Malloy reading this.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #28

What does that have to do with the message or merits of the OP's contention? Uncle Joe Jan 2016 #10

Just a thought on Hightower. SusanCalvin Jan 2016 #18

Are you saying the info in the OP is not factual? DirtyHippyBastard Jan 2016 #13

***CRICKETS*** suggest the latter. n/t 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #15

#18. nt SusanCalvin Jan 2016 #33

No, but there are those of us who like Hightower, sorta SusanCalvin Jan 2016 #19

If Hillary wins you are going to see a big movement away from the party. jalan48 Jan 2016 #16

Post removed Post removed Jan 2016 #64

With your type of thinking we would have no Medicare or Social Security. jalan48 Jan 2016 #65

Keep working your ass off for a conservative win in the White House... TekGryphon Jan 2016 #69

"The Times They are a Changing"-Bob Dylan jalan48 Jan 2016 #75

You've heard of George W. Bush, right? TekGryphon Jan 2016 #76

A life lived in fear is not a life. jalan48 Jan 2016 #77

Not making bad choices that will lead to bad consequences is intelligence at work, not fear. stevenleser Jan 2016 #93

Fight for what you believe in, not what you are afraid of. jalan48 Jan 2016 #95

Again, knowing a fight will lead to bad consequences should yield one to not fight that battle. nt stevenleser Jan 2016 #96

Well, the Democrats have been backsliding for decades with that type of argument. jalan48 Jan 2016 #97

Now.. exactly WHO is the idiot here? vkkv Jan 2016 #91

I haven't cancelled, but I sure hear you. See #18. nt SusanCalvin Jan 2016 #21

So...are you one that doesn't like that Bernie is running as a Democrat? LiberalLovinLug Jan 2016 #80

I wonder what they're going to do when he wins! farleftlib Jan 2016 #9

Win what? Bernie needs superdelegates to underthematrix Jan 2016 #17

Super deligates. Are they a little like communist party members in communist countries? TryLogic Jan 2016 #24

LOL. Only in your little communist mind underthematrix Jan 2016 #36

Alert results: alerter got skunked! Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #79

Hillary and Obama race was just like this one at this point bjobotts Jan 2016 #25

I have to agree. The Bernie supporters are like the underthematrix Jan 2016 #37

Claims about Bernie following same trend as Obama in 2008 are now clearly bunk. workinclasszero Jan 2016 #71

The Superdelegates vote the will of the people... CoffeeCat Jan 2016 #29

I think you need to think it through because there is a big difference between underthematrix Jan 2016 #39

Hillary is not a lifelong Democrat. Fawke Em Jan 2016 #45

You're right she did start as a Goldwater girl in college. But she did switch while she was in underthematrix Jan 2016 #48

The only "lifelong" title between the two of them is Bernie not being a Republican... cascadiance Jan 2016 #66

I'm not worried CoffeeCat Jan 2016 #49

Try reading my reply because it's clear from your answer you didn't read it underthematrix Jan 2016 #50

I get what super delegates are CoffeeCat Jan 2016 #51

I don't think you understand the process so I'm just gonna let you have it your way. underthematrix Jan 2016 #52

You are so magnanimous and well informed. FlatBaroque Jan 2016 #60

Really? How much do they cost? Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #30

. SusanCalvin Jan 2016 #31

I'm not sure. You should check with Bernie on that one underthematrix Jan 2016 #40

You are woefully misinformed. Elmer S. E. Dump Jan 2016 #34

You are definitely misinformed or maybe it's wishful thinking on your part underthematrix Jan 2016 #44

I have to wonder how old you are. Did you just recently learn about super delegates? Elmer S. E. Dump Jan 2016 #53

Many super-delegates follow the direction of their own state jwirr Jan 2016 #98

Over and over and over again. zentrum Jan 2016 #23

We've already heard members of the media claim it's not their JOB to inform the public. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #27

OMFG, yes. nt SusanCalvin Jan 2016 #32

Didn't the courts decide it's OK for TV news to lie to the public? Elmer S. E. Dump Jan 2016 #35

Yep. SusanCalvin Jan 2016 #42

The actual defense was that they weren't really news, they were entertainment. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #47

Well, I'm doing my part Iwillnevergiveup Jan 2016 #38

Gotta get news some way, but TV sure ain't it. nt SusanCalvin Jan 2016 #43

The British newspaper, The Guardian, has been gaining in US readership. Fawke Em Jan 2016 #46

Seems like they break a lot of good stories. nt SusanCalvin Jan 2016 #59

Yeah, I don't watch "the news" anymore. Pretty pointless. Elmer S. E. Dump Jan 2016 #54

Thank God for the open internet. Nt newfie11 Jan 2016 #55

I'd rather pay attention to what Hightower says than to any of the 1%er candidates hobbit709 Jan 2016 #57

K$R We live in the most Democracy Wall St investors will allow. nt raouldukelives Jan 2016 #58

How come he is on so many of the talk shows? treestar Jan 2016 #61

K & R LWolf Jan 2016 #62

he got far more coverage than my candidate bigtree Jan 2016 #63

Sanders polling better than Trump is getting to be known Babel_17 Jan 2016 #67

Yeah? He seems to be on every Sunday talk show nearly Gloria Jan 2016 #68

The use of the word "Corporate" firebrand80 Jan 2016 #70

The corporate media absolutely favors their own interests dreamnightwind Jan 2016 #72

There's that word again nt firebrand80 Jan 2016 #73

And? dreamnightwind Jan 2016 #78

Again, stop complaining firebrand80 Jan 2016 #84

We are part of Bernie's campaign, we will not be silent and injustice will be called when it occurs. Uncle Joe Jan 2016 #89

The usual suspects.... Populist_Prole Jan 2016 #90

This has nothing to do with the 1st amendment firebrand80 Jan 2016 #100

No one is playing and Bernie's campaign isn't a victim, the American People are being victimized by Uncle Joe Jan 2016 #101

The People Should Punish Them billhicks76 Jan 2016 #74

No member of the corporate media conglomerate gets a majority of the American Peoples' trust, with Uncle Joe Jan 2016 #85

Love Mr. HIGHTOWER!!! Dustlawyer Jan 2016 #81

That's why no one watches TV anymore for news. nt valerief Jan 2016 #83

Kicked and recommended to the Max! Enthusiast Jan 2016 #86

True! UCmeNdc Jan 2016 #88

Texas politicans dpatbrown Jan 2016 #94

K & R GoneFishin Jan 2016 #99