Bernie Sanders criticizes MSNBC over coverage of his campaign [View all]

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Sen. Bernie Sanders and his front-running presidential campaign have amped up their criticism of MSNBC, saying the liberal-leaning cable network has regularly slighted or ignored Sanders’s success in the early primaries.

Sanders (I-Vt.) long been critical of the “corporate” media, including The Washington Post, which he says has overlooked him and the popularity of his self-described democratic socialist agenda for years. He complained about his coverage during the 2016 campaign, when he finished second to Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination.

The difference this time is that the Sanders camp is training its fire specifically on MSNBC, whose prime-time hosts are a left-of-center alternative to the more conservative, pro-Trump partisans on Fox News. As such, the network is presumed to have an influential role among Democratic voters, especially during the primaries.

Sanders reportedly confronted MSNBC president Phil Griffin and another network executive last week before the NBC-sponsored Democratic debate in Las Vegas to complain about its coverage. Sanders’ campaign manager, Faiz Shakir, told Vanity Fair last week that MSNBC “is constantly undermining the Bernie Sanders campaign.” He has even said Fox News has been “more fair than MSNBC”.

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