Sanders campaign cracks down on leaks

[JoeOtterbein]

(The article was co-written by this DU poster's daughter)

[link:https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/18/bernie-sanders-leak-crack-down-2020-1502554|

By HOLLY OTTERBEIN and TRENT SPINER 09/18/2019 10:36 PM EDT

The Bernie Sanders campaign is clamping down on leaks.

In the midst of a staff shakeup in New Hampshire and Iowa, Sanders’ aides are sending emails and making calls to allies to tell them not to speak with the media.
After news broke of the campaign’s decision to reassign the state director and part ways with a senior adviser in the first-in-the-nation primary state, a Sanders aide emailed members of its steering committee in New Hampshire and asked them to not discuss the moves with reporters.

Will Bateson, Sanders’ political director in New Hampshire, wrote in the message that “we have heard from many of you, and seen in this morning's news stories, that the press is very interested to speak with you.” Members of the steering committee had told POLITICO and other outlets that they were concerned about how the campaign was being run in the state.

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[TexasTowelie]

1. So much for transparency.

While there isn't anything illegal about withholding information of this nature within a political campaign, it isn't desirable in government.

[ritapria]

2. Bernie's Sky is Falling in NH

Bernie is doing 5% - 10% better in NH Polls than he was last spring … Yet we are treated to tales of impending doom ….

[George II]

3. So tell us, why are they telling people to NOT speak with the media?

[Tarheel_Dem]

6. Great question. The media seems to have moved on from BS. No daily coverage about his Yuge...

raucous rallies. I don't watch cable news all day like some, but as far as I can tell, he's no longer a fixture. There just doesn't seem to be the same interest in him this time around. I could be wrong.

[JackFrost]

8. Pretty obvious...

the media is not at all friendly to the policies (many that will affect their bottom line) put forth by Bernie Sanders. They are the mouthpieces of the ruling class and have a vested interest in the status quo. Not unlike the many conservatives and economic right-wingers who inhabit the big tent of the Democratic Party. Fighting to the death to protect their perks and portfolios while claiming to be fighting for "the people."

[ritapria]

9. Well Stated JackFrost

[JackFrost]

14. A hat tip to your efforts as well...

[LanternWaste]

11. Obvious only if you support your hypothesis w/ data.

Otherwise, it's just another in a long line of allegations about how oppressed BS is, and how unfair the world is to him.

As it stands now, your entire sentiment is predicated on the fallacy, post hoc ergo prompter hoc.

[JackFrost]

13. It's not a hypothesis. It's a fact.

Fifty percent of the people in this country exist on less than twenty five grand a year and have no voice in the political arena or in the media. That's a fact. Anyone even slightly giving a serious voice to that strata, like Sanders is doing, is quickly subjected to marginalization by any means necessary.

[NYMinute]

20. Blaming the media now?

[JackFrost]

22. Dear rolling chuckles...

"The press and the pulpit have in every age and every nation been on the side of the exploiting class and the ruling class."

--Eugene Debs

[JI7]

4. he is trying to keep the cat in the bag

[betsuni]

5. LOL.

Good one.

[crazytown]

10. ROFL!

[NYMinute]

21. Schrodinger's cat ... nt

[Gothmog]

7. These efforts rarely work for campaigns that are in trouble

It will be interesting to see if these leaks stop. I imagine that the staff was not suppose to disclose the efforts to stop leaks

[NurseJackie]

12. Ha!

I imagine that the staff was not suppose to disclose the efforts to stop leaks

[NYMinute]

19. The irony !!

[Blue_true]

15. Compare that to how flawless Senator Warren moves state to state.

Leadership is about establishing a strong under organization, Senator Warren is the only one that I see doing that efficiently.

[Gothmog]

16. Is it ironic that the request not to leak is being leaked?

Link to tweet

[Cha]

17. Yes.. it sounds like the CIA or something..

mind boggling to have anyone on your campaign staff who sabotages the campaign.

[NYMinute]

18. If everything is open

why should there be any room for "leaks" at all?

[BlueMississippi]

23. I thought "pure" people have nothing to hide

so leaks shouldn't be a problem because there should be nothing to leak.

An I right?

[Gothmog]

24. Here is another leak

Link to tweet