Bernie Sanders
In reply to the discussion: Last night's debate and the coverage made one thing clear: [View all]certainot
(9,090 posts)the msm and it's republican owners and managers feel that overall anti hillary buzz and have filled a lot of time following it- only recently with the mccarthy fuckup has that anti hillary buzz temporarily eased- remember it was all negative until then.
one way bernie can get more press is for him to start mentioning the national problem that is talk radio and maybe even name limbaugh- he wouldn't have to attack, just point out that rw radio is why the republicans have been so effective in their obstruction and why at the same time it is destroying the republican party.
limbaugh is now trying to separate himself from the 'establishment' that gave him his throne and coddled and protected him for so long so he now admits and pimps his part as godfather of the teabaggers - which are the talk radio/dittohead/republican loon base. david brooks recently named limbaugh that way, as a major source of the reballiona and dysfunction. limbaugh is supporting trump and will need a major excuse to pivot to bush/rubio but without his support the gop will really lose big. he knows that and he will leverage it, like he did to get palin onto the mccain ticket.
every major issue bernie addresses and seeks reform on needs major reform because rw radio has been so effectively used to short circuit/shout over/distort the feedback mechanisms a democracy depends on - from deregulated media and wall st to the war machine to campaign finance to global warming - they are all items we could have adjusted/reformed years ago if not in large part because the left has given limbaugh and sons and the republicans best weapon a free speech free ride for 25 years.
bernie supporters can get bernie a lot more attention, as weell as improve election results for dems in general, by giving attention to republican talk radio and making it a focal point by:
by monitoring it and pointing out how it drives the msm and the new republican party
by protesting stations that give platform to those who attack bernie, which has barely started and will ramp up significantly if he's the candidate (see, http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251608281 for bernie assassination 'jokes', etc).
by, better yet, protesting the 90+ universities that keep the right wing radio monopoly going, and destroy it before the next elections