DU pro-Sanders?? (also posted on GDP)

[LAS14]

Last edited Sun Apr 24, 2016, 06:44 PM - Edit history (1)

"After nearly a year on the campaign trail, the list of sites with a pro-Sanders slant has grown quite long with Salon, The Nation, Huffington Post, Raw Story, AlterNet, US Uncut, Democratic Underground, and Daily Kos remaining the most viable progressive sites to have gone full-in on Sanders' campaign"

This is a quote from http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511823129

I'm surprised that DU is labeled pro-Sanders. I recognize that the Sanders folks have been much more vocal, but I don't see that as a DU decision. It's a style thing that differentiates Sanders supporters from Hillary supporters. This is just a vote from me to recommend DU as a place where Democrats can either find support among fellow believers or duke it out with the opposition. I think it's great place.

I've recently joined Discussionist and Reddit to try to make Hillary's presence more noticeable and they don't hold a candle to DU. They're chaotic!! (And the font is too tiny!)

[beachbum bob]

1. Definitely pro-sanders...but his supporters are all pretty vocal...

Not a big deal...

[MADem]

2. The Sanders cadre is "helped" by a large number of "newcomers" to the site.

They'll drift away after the results become clear.

"US UNCUT" is a Sanders-supporting, purpose-built-created site.

I think it sounds like a porn site, myself!

[Rose Siding]

3. To a casual observer a check of the Home Page here for months....

would have looked exclusively pro-Sanders, due to recs of a 6 to 1 ratio of Sanders supporters (per Skinner).

[LAS14]

6. How do Home Page contents get...

... determined? Is it Skinner? Or an algorithm?

[Rose Siding]

9. Algorithm developed by admin

Skinner announced support for Hillary right away. Regardless of any official position, the site has looked like a BS site

[DesertRat]

4. This site does has a pro-Sanders slant

For now.

Also the link in your post doesn't work.

[LAS14]

11. Thanks. I edited it so...

... the link would work, but see that it has now been hidden.

[Agnosticsherbet]

5. Anyone who lurks this site will find it pro-Sanders inside of ten minutes.

Anti-Clinton articles abound, often originating from Republican anti-Clinton sources as well as far left sources.
Positive articles about Clinton are often relegated to this group. Negative articles appear in GD-P, videos, and in other forums. I have even seen several pro-Sanders posts in GD with fifty or sixty comments. Merely stating it is not a primary post is enough to protect it. I have seen two articles that were breaking news about Clinton shut down because they belonged in GD-P. Sanders articles appear in breaking news and I have not seen any of them closed for being off topic. (That is not to say they haven't.)

DU is pro-Sanders. I wait to see how that changes.

[riversedge]

7. Mine in LBN--news from Hillary's campaigning gets locked

as LBN several times.

[Agnosticsherbet]

8. Exactly.

[misterhighwasted]

12. Censorship is allowed if it protects the truth of BS from being told.

The message will be controlled.

[Freddie]

10. This site is Bernie Underground

Hopefully will return to regularly scheduled programming soon.

[misterhighwasted]

13. haa More like #BernieUnderthebus