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Gothmog

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13. sanders is fighting with the mainstream media and losing
Thu Jul 25, 2019, 04:43 PM
Jul 2019

Is there any mainstream media source that sanders is not fighting with?




"This isn't intended to be a sweeping generalization of all journalists,” he told POLITICO, “but there are a healthy number who just find Bernie annoying, discount his seriousness, and wish his supporters and movement would just go away.”...

Journalists who cover Sanders, meanwhile, dispute many of those criticisms. They say if he gets less attention than other candidates, it’s because he’s often unwilling to address breaking news and shies away from impromptu Q&A sessions, or gaggles, after events.....

Sanders “wants to talk about what he wants to talk about, when he wants to talk about it,” said one reporter who covered the candidate in 2016 and 2019. “And he doesn't see the value of talking to reporters about what they want to talk about because, in part, he thinks they’re going to talk about what he considers stupid stuff.”

He doesn’t hesitate to make that disdain known, either. The New York Times disclosed in May that Sanders declined an interview for a piece on his time as mayor of Burlington, Vt., including a 1985 meeting with Daniel Ortega, the president of Nicaragua and a foe of the Reagan administration. After the story was published, Sanders requested a phone interview, eventually telling the reporter, “You don’t understand a word that I’m saying.”....

He doesn’t have much patience for reporters who want him to talk about anything other than that agenda. “Good Morning America” host George Stephanopoulos kicked off an interview Thursday by telling Sanders that voters want to know more about him as a person.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
"the disdain for Bernie Sanders" qazplm135 Jul 2019 #1
Distain is actually a nicer word than I would use. efhmc Jul 2019 #2
And now directed at real Democrats nt Vegas Roller Jul 2019 #3
And among the "liberal" media mcar Jul 2019 #8
The dwindling bernie media fan club Watchfoxheadexplodes Jul 2019 #4
TYT? Shouldn't spread rw sources. NT SouthernProgressive Jul 2019 #5
I'm glad they put that "TYT" in the upper corner, saved me from clicking on the video. George II Jul 2019 #6
Ha! I saw that, too, and decided not to click it either. Politicub Jul 2019 #9
Same here Gothmog Jul 2019 #12
you are so off base. ProfessorPlum Jul 2019 #10
No, I am not. He has a long standing history of being a sexist right winger. SouthernProgressive Jul 2019 #14
If by long you mean decades ago ProfessorPlum Jul 2019 #15
That's not the left. He is no ally. SouthernProgressive Jul 2019 #16
Sports analogy TheFarseer Jul 2019 #18
Your sports amplify is way off the mark. SouthernProgressive Jul 2019 #19
this is simply a dishonest, ad hominem attack ProfessorPlum Jul 2019 #20
This is dishonest. SouthernProgressive Jul 2019 #22
he thought Clinton was a great choice compared to Trump ProfessorPlum Jul 2019 #23
That's funny. SouthernProgressive Jul 2019 #24
You're demonizing supporting your candidate in a primary TheFarseer Jul 2019 #26
He is currently lying about Democrats in the primary. SouthernProgressive Jul 2019 #27
Mentally bankrupt? TheFarseer Jul 2019 #28
He has a long history of lying about Democrats and making names for them. SouthernProgressive Jul 2019 #31
You keep making assertions TheFarseer Jul 2019 #35
thank you ProfessorPlum Jul 2019 #29
You use that word again. SouthernProgressive Jul 2019 #32
that's a great analogy ProfessorPlum Jul 2019 #36
Is Pelosi supposed to be a "progressive" in your fantasy scenario? ProfessorPlum Jul 2019 #21
Please outline the "fantasy" you are referring to. SouthernProgressive Jul 2019 #25
so . . . your position is that Cenk is to the _right_ of Pelosi? ProfessorPlum Jul 2019 #30
Why move away from your half claim that Pelosi isn't a progressive? That is Cenk light. SouthernProgressive Jul 2019 #33
so, you would say that Pelosi is more progressive than Cenk? ProfessorPlum Jul 2019 #34
Glad you posted this. I agree it's a good interview, explores good points. JudyM Jul 2019 #7
Thanks for viewing the video JudyM Uncle Joe Jul 2019 #17
Who cares what Cenk or the TYT think about anything? Gothmog Jul 2019 #11
sanders is fighting with the mainstream media and losing Gothmog Jul 2019 #13
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