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Sanders Braces for A Hard Look from the Press.
[link:http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/10/politics/bernie-sanders-media-campaign/index.html|
CNN:
The post-honeymoon phase is sure to present new challenges for Sanders, who only recently achieved political celebrity and has yet to face a true crucible of critical coverage, campaign strategists and political reporters told CNN. Heading out of the Granite State, the media will look beyond the Vermont Senator's sensational storybook rise and cast greater scrutiny on his record, his campaign tactics and the viability of his proposals.
"It's that old axiom a Chicago alderman once shared with me: 'The higher a monkey climbs the pole, the more you can see his ass,'" David Axelrod, the chief strategist for Barack Obama's presidential campaigns, said of Sanders. "The better you do in this process, the more scrutiny you get. It's the price of success."
Sanders is already starting to pay that price: CNN's Jake Tapper pressed the candidate on Sunday to account for why he opposed Ted Kennedy's 2007 guest-worker program — on the grounds that it would bring down wages for Americans — only to embrace an immigration overhaul later. The New York Times recently published a report about how Sanders, the Chairman of the Veteran Affairs Committee, was "blinded" by his faith in government and initially dismissed systemic leadership failures at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Washington Post's Dana Milbank wrote an opinion column on Monday headlined, "Bernie Sanders is no revolutionary."
This is a departure from the coverage Sanders received in January, when he was surging in the polls and threatening to give Clinton a run for her money in Iowa, where he only narrowly lost. Then, the media was largely focused on the enthusiasm surrounding his campaign, the large crowds, and his anti-Wall Street message.
There have been critical stories written about Sanders, to be sure. Several outlets, including CNN, have taken hard looks at some of his more ambitious proposals and fundraising efforts. Last summer, Politico published a story about a child Sanders had fathered out of wedlock -- and the campaign's refusal to really address the issue.
"It's that old axiom a Chicago alderman once shared with me: 'The higher a monkey climbs the pole, the more you can see his ass,'" David Axelrod, the chief strategist for Barack Obama's presidential campaigns, said of Sanders. "The better you do in this process, the more scrutiny you get. It's the price of success."
Sanders is already starting to pay that price: CNN's Jake Tapper pressed the candidate on Sunday to account for why he opposed Ted Kennedy's 2007 guest-worker program — on the grounds that it would bring down wages for Americans — only to embrace an immigration overhaul later. The New York Times recently published a report about how Sanders, the Chairman of the Veteran Affairs Committee, was "blinded" by his faith in government and initially dismissed systemic leadership failures at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Washington Post's Dana Milbank wrote an opinion column on Monday headlined, "Bernie Sanders is no revolutionary."
This is a departure from the coverage Sanders received in January, when he was surging in the polls and threatening to give Clinton a run for her money in Iowa, where he only narrowly lost. Then, the media was largely focused on the enthusiasm surrounding his campaign, the large crowds, and his anti-Wall Street message.
There have been critical stories written about Sanders, to be sure. Several outlets, including CNN, have taken hard looks at some of his more ambitious proposals and fundraising efforts. Last summer, Politico published a story about a child Sanders had fathered out of wedlock -- and the campaign's refusal to really address the issue.
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