Sanders slams press, says focus should be on middle class [View all]

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http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2015/08/17/bernie-sanders-slams-press/31834983/



DUBUQUE, Ia. – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders slammed the state of the American political press Sunday evening after stumping before a crowd of more than 1,500 people at Loras College.

In an impromptu news conference backstage, Sanders quickly lost patience with a gaggle of local, national and international reporters. Instead of focusing on important issues, he said the media is constantly looking to breed conflict between him and Democratic front-
runner Hillary Clinton.

"But the issue that I want to be talking about is the collapse of the middle class. You guys going to write about that?" Sanders asked, to which a small crowd of supporters cheered him on. "I am not going to get into the game of sitting around attacking Hillary Clinton."

Sanders grew perturbed when a reporter asked him how he reconciled his position as the "anti-establishment candidate" with his experience as a "career politician."


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