I paged through the new issue of TIME magazine today looking for Bernie. Guess what?

[hedda_foil]

Their coverage of presidential politics, vis a vis poverty, violence and the war on crime, includes Hilary, O'Malley (who hasn't announced he's running), JEB! And Walker, Carson, Paul and Perry.

No Bernie that I can find anywhere in the magazine.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. "Friday with Bernie" had him declaring he is proud to be a Democratic Socialist if that

means college education is provided by the government, etc.

I am also a Democratic Socialist, I wonder how the people will take the message if they EVER HEAR IT.

[Freddie Stubbs]

2. What about Chafee?

[True Blue Door]

3. First they ignore you...

[Jackpine Radical]

4. There was just a story floating around here about the NYT's non-coverage too.

They are exactly on schedule with my predicitons.

[winter is coming]

5. They haven't decided on the media narrative for Bernie yet.

Apparently, a straightforward reporting of events is right out.

[GeorgeGist]

6. Do they still think the internet is a fad?

[Rex]

7. Bernie is a busniess outsider...they are like demons to holywater.

He will get far less coverage than Howard Dean did. Dean wasn't a threat...Bernie is.

[Octafish]

8. Corporate McPravda plays a single tune.

NYT Presents 2016 Race as GOP Candidates vs. Hillary Clinton

By Jim Naureckas
FAIR, May 6, 2015

In the New York Times‘ presentation, only Republicans have choices.

SNIP...

So why treat the presidential contest as though there’s a race for the Republican spot, while Democrats only get to express their feelings about their one predetermined choice?

Actually, if you’re a real polling nerd, and you click on the link to the “Full New York Times/CBS News Poll,” you find that the Times (and CBS) actually did ask voters about other Democratic candidates–but the Times chose not to share those results with readers in any kind of reader-friendly form.

In case you’re curious, the percentage of Democrats who say they “would consider voting for” Sanders has risen from 14 percent in February to 23 percent now–but 61 percent say they haven’t heard enough to be able to say…which is, of course, in part a function of journalists treating next year’s Democratic contest as a foregone conclusion.

If the New York Times were to say that they’re treating the 2016 Democratic race as a foregone conclusion because it is a foregone conclusion, I would point them to Gallup’s October 2007 roundup of what that election cycle’s year-before-the-election polling showed:

Gallup’s 2007 national presidential polling strongly points to Clinton winning the 2008 Democratic nomination. Barring something unusual or otherwise unexpected, she is well positioned for the 2008 Democratic primaries.

SNIP...

“Clinton’s nomination seems almost inevitable,” Gallup concluded–though it added that “under extreme circumstances, a strong Democratic candidate can blow a big lead.” Apparently 2008’s circumstances turned out to be extreme.

CONTINUED...

http://fair.org/home/nyt-presents-2016-race-as-gop-candidates-vs-hillary-clinton/

[MADem]

9. Were you reading an old magazine--or the Middle East edition?

TIME is a GOP fishwrap, but they're covering Senator Sanders--in fact, they gave him a BYLINE yesterday:

http://time.com/3850839/bernie-sanders-usa-patriot-act/



IDEAS POLITICS
Bernie Sanders: It’s Time To End Orwellian Surveillance of Every American
Sen. Bernie Sanders May 7, 2015

Bernie Sanders is the junior U.S. Senator from Vermont.

I voted against the Patriot Act every time, and it still needs major reform.


I welcome a federal appeals court ruling that the National Security Agency does not have the legal authority to collect and store data on all U.S. telephone calls. Now Congress should rewrite the expiring eavesdropping provision in the so-called USA Patriot Act and include strong new limits to protect the privacy and civil liberties of the American people.

Let me be clear: We must do everything we can to protect our country from the serious potential of another terrorist attack. We can and must do so, however, in a way that also protects the constitutional rights of the American people and maintains our free society.

Do we really want to live in a country where the NSA gathers data on virtually every single phone call in the United States—including as many as 5 billion cellphone records per day? I don’t. Do we really want our government to collect our emails, see our text messages, know everyone’s Internet browsing history, monitor bank and credit card transactions, keep tabs on people’s social networks? I don’t.

Unfortunately, this sort of Orwellian surveillance, conducted under provisions of the Patriot Act, invades the privacy of millions of law-abiding Americans.....

More at link.


I think criticism is fair when it's deserved, but the GOP - influenced media, like CNN and TIME and others, HAVE been covering this dark horse candidate--far more than they have done in the past.

[Wilms]

10. wow

[peacebird]

11. NPR's On Point also left Bernie out of theor Pres contenders discussion today, so I tweeted them

To call them on their bias. They replied that they had covered him last week when he announced, oh and had him on for half an hour LAST Summer....
Complete tweet thread is here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026641641

[mountain grammy]

12. Quit reading it years ago. I subscribed all through high school and college

and for a few years after. By chance, my daughter brought a copy home last week because it had an article about Cuba. The magazine is pathetic, like most American "journalism."

[nikto]

13. Elite, corporate-owned media hasn't figured out how to handle (read: DEFEAT) Bernie yet

You can bet righty and Korporate think-tanks are working late-hours on the problem as you read this.

Once they figure out how to attack him, the viciousness and smears will be relentless.

But for now, ignoring him will have to do.

[captainarizona]

14. for bernie supporters

No free media for bernie so you and bernie will have to be creative and do media guerrilla theater. Here is start go to where central american children are being jailed and have bernie and his supporters block the streets around it. Hold black lives matter rallys in red state large cities.