Does Bernie want some cheese with his whine?

[RandySF]

The campaign of Bernie Sanders says that there’s been a “Bernie blackout” on broadcast network newscasts, claiming that they’ve ignored him compared to major presidential candidates.

The campaign issued a press release on Friday — “Why the Bernie Blackout on Corporate Network News?” — and cited figures from the Tyndall Report showing that he has gotten just a fraction of the attention Donald Trump has. Sanders has drawn 10 minutes of coverage to Trump’s 234 minutes

The campaign makes the point that Trump draws 20%-30% support among primary voters, the same level as Sanders. But ABC’s “World News Tonight” has devoted 81 minutes to Trump’s campaign, compared to just 20 second for Sanders, through the end of November. Sanders drew 2.9 minutes of coverage on “NBC Nightly News” and 6.4 minutes on the “CBS Evening News,” according to the Tyndall data published by Media Matters for America.

The measurement was of time devoted to stories about the Sanders campaign specifically, so coverage of his performance in a debate is not included. So by that measure, Sanders has probably gotten more center-stage exposure on the broadcast networks’ late-night talk shows than on their evening newscasts. He has appeared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”

Sanders’ campaign manager, Jeff Weaver, said that the “corporately owned media may not like Bernie’s anti-establishment views but for the sake of American democracy they must allow for a fair debate in this presidential campaign.”


http://variety.com/2015/biz/news/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-1201659715/

[Thinkingabout]

1. And many Sunday shows repeatly. He continues to be ask questions

And gives the same answers over and over whether they match the question or not.

[AgingAmerican]

5. Examples please

Thanks in advance

[Thinkingabout]

18. An example was the first question ask in the second debate left foreign affairs right to his

financial statement.

[JonLeibowitz]

28. Wow this talking point won't die! It should though, because it is false.

Let's correct the record:

DICKERSON: So let's get started. You will each have one minute for an opening statement to share your thoughts about the attacks in Paris, and lay out your vision for America. First, Senator Sanders.

After some brief remarks on the attacks in Paris, he proceeded to outline his vision for America as Dickerson implied. He was the only person to answer both parts of Dickerson's question.

NOT GOOD ENOUGH BERNIE!!!!1!!!

[Thinkingabout]

61. I have heard this same talking point before also. Thanks for proving my point.

[JonLeibowitz]

127. It isn't a talking point -- it is literally what happened. If you don't like the facts, pick a good

candidate.

[Thinkingabout]

131. Yes we know what happened, he danced off to another subject, I know the facts and I have read this

explanation before. And yes, I have picked a good candidate, Hillary Clinton.

[pangaia]

151. UGH!

[AgingAmerican]

43. lol

You just blew your whole wad!

[Thinkingabout]

62. Yes he danced off to another subject.

[AgingAmerican]

74. Once

And not on a sunday show ever either lol

Sorry to destroy your bs talking point

[VanillaRhapsody]

77. You did?

Anytime he gets a foriegn policy question he dances away...

[NurseJackie]

10. And Rachel Maddow.

There is no conspiracy. Only excuses and scapegoats. (In my opinion.)

[gordyfl]

45. Unlike Hillary

Unlike Hillary, whose answers change from week to week.

[Thinkingabout]

64. No, Hillary does not have her feet stuck in cement and has not been

Saying the same things for forty years. We are not in the 70's and 80's any more.

[FloridaBlues]

104. Sanders is Stuck with same talking points and can't seem to change

Hillary is up to date you may not agree with her but at least she's not stuck and will answer questions unlike Bernie who doesn't give realistic solutions

[comradebillyboy]

115. There it is

Bernie's 'One Note Samba' gets old

[gordyfl]

133. He's a Rock.

Yes, Hillary's always evolving.

"I'm for it", "I"m against it".

"l"ll answer that when I'm president."

"We"ll talk about it, and make a decision."

"No boots on the ground!!.....We'll just send Special Ops, Trainers, Enablers. Air attacks. We won't be sending thousands the way we did Iraq."

"Wiped my sever? Like with a cloth?"

"Why do I take money from Wall Steet?....911"

Yes Hillary has many different answers.

Bernie is consistent. He's a rock.

[Cali_Democrat]

2. Sanders comes across as a baby when he complains about media coverage

Clearly his campaign is starting to get desperate.

[HerbChestnut]

23. You've been saying that for months.

[Bubzer]

32. And it's still not true.

[Walk away]

91. And it's still true!

[Gore1FL]

36. Not as desperate as the graphic in your tagline celebrating the loss of a DUer

Maybe desperate isn't the right word.

[Cali_Democrat]

40. It was a wonderful thing.

I'm happy that it happened.

[Gore1FL]

50. People who grave dance are a reason that DU sucks.

I am glad you can find happiness in that shame.

[VanillaRhapsody]

78. That was in response to the one

Demanding a clear TOS violation be overlooked.

[Gore1FL]

125. I see you are still graving dancing weeks later!

Pretty sick. Are you that filled with hate?

[VanillaRhapsody]

136. A grave dance

Or support of the admins at DU to live up to its TOS Democratic standards....

[Gore1FL]

140. You support them by grave dancing?

I am sure the admins love it when posters grave dance. I bet board discord is like the most awesome thing to them. How helpful of you!

[VanillaRhapsody]

141. Is a grave depicted?

then that is YOUR interpretation isn't it?

Loonix is gone...get over it.

[Gore1FL]

144. Symbolism escapes you too?

I am over Loonix. I really didn't know him.

What I am not over is you grave dancing. Grave dancing is one of the things that makes DU suck.

Boogie On.

[VanillaRhapsody]

148. Oh well....

take it up with the admin...

[Gore1FL]

150. I have no business with the admins on this matter. I don't think you should be banned.

I just don't think you should grave dance.

[Sheepshank]

157. Omfg...get over it already

I'm glad that poster is gone. I may just resurrect my bug zapper too to counter the continued whine.

[Gore1FL]

161. It's not about the poster. It's about grave dancing.

Does no one read anymore?

[Sheepshank]

168. you said that over and over and over and...no one cares why you are whining...you continue to whine

and good riddance to that poster....he's not dead, he's got plenty of places to sound off, and likely he does just that.

I'm glad he gone, doesn't matter that I don't care for your determination that people are grave dancing, I see it as a celebrating a nasty disruptor's chance to move on out into the big world.

[Gore1FL]

169. If I said it over and over and no one cares

Why did you:
a> say I was arguing something different and
b> respond?

Grave dancing makes DU suck. Please refrain from doing so and defending others who do it. Thanks in advance!

[upaloopa]

52. Can you tell us why there was the loss?

Bernie or Bust!

Stop playing the victim ok?

http://betterment.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1106941

[Gore1FL]

53. I'm not the victim

Loonix was.

People who grave dance suck. Take your own advice and &quot s)top playing the victim ok?"

Thanks and have a great day.

[upaloopa]

54. People who support someone who would rather have a republican president if

they don't get their way suck even worse. Get rid of the insects.


http://betterment.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1106941

[Gore1FL]

55. I am not defending those who won't support a Dem nominee

I am criticizing grave dancing. It makes DU suck. Quit defending the indefensible by changing the subject.

[VanillaRhapsody]

80. Its in response

I don't see you complaining about those supporting the clear violation of TOS that have their own graphic....

[Gore1FL]

114. Not supporting the violation. Supporting the user.

Pretty much in a direct response to the grave dancing--you know the stuff that makes DU suck.

Fortunately, it is a free country and you are free to show your lack-of-compassion and incivility in such a manner if you desire. And you apparently do.

[VanillaRhapsody]

116. Yes supporting the violation

It was very clear......that poster had a vile history....and as it turned out...was anti-Democratic

[Gore1FL]

120. If it let's you sleep at night.

Wouldn't it be easier just to not keep adding to the things that make DU suck by ceasing the grave dancing?

[VanillaRhapsody]

137. I sleep just fine

Particularly after anti-Democratic trolls get served well deserved pizzas!

[Gore1FL]

142. Well grave dancing is quite a workout.

It takes a lot a work to make DU suck. I can imagine you get tired.

[VanillaRhapsody]

143. Nope....I drink plenty of antioxidant coffee...when I support the DU Administration

What do you do?

[Gore1FL]

145. I drink coffee too. I had no idea that supported DU.

You must drink a lot to make up for all the grave dancing you do.

[VanillaRhapsody]

147. I do....why don't you?

They made the decision to serve the pizza for the troll doing anti-democratic posting did they not ?

Seems your grievance is with them...

[Gore1FL]

149. There are neutron stars less dense than you

I am going to repeat this again. Read it slowly and if you don't understand a word, look it up.

I am not defending the actions of any DUer who was banned by the administrators. I am telling you that grave dancing makes DU suck.


Read that again.


Now again for understanding.

[VanillaRhapsody]

117. If that is the stance you want to take...

Then these are in support of the Democratic Party and symbolize GOTV

[Gore1FL]

162. No. It's grave dancing.

And you make DU suck by doing it.

[ibegurpard]

3. They aren't covering Hillary either

Thanks to an inept DNC that has worked to keep exposure to our candidates to a minimum to try to benefit Hillary.
Trump is resonating with angry voters and the Democrats are nowhere to be seen.
But that's just fine with you because at least it's not helping Bernie right?
No wonder the Democrats have done so well in elections over the past few years!

[NurseJackie]

4. Campaigns get the NEWS coverage that they generally deserve.

[AgingAmerican]

6. So Trump DESERVES 90% of the coverage?

[NurseJackie]

9. Yes. His campaign is making news.

[AgingAmerican]

11. I bet you even believe that

Lack of substance and drama deserve the most coverage? Deep, very deep.

[NurseJackie]

13. Don't bet the farm.

Trump is newsworthy. That's a fact. He's personally and ethically not worthy of much, but he's a master at making and being news.

[cui bono]

20. No he's not. Why do you say he is?

The only reason he's ahead is all the free publicity he's getting from the media. If he weren't getting it and were getting ignored he would be much lower in the polls.

So why does the media want such a clown to be ahead in the polls? Why do they give such a clown so much free air time? Because it's good for ratings. It keeps people watching. They don't want people to think about real issues that Bernie is talking about. You know tha

The things Hillary supporters will say... what a joke.

.

[Pharaoh]

35. He's a Looney!

Monty Python | Spot the Looney

[treestar]

69. with today's non-serious media

The loony is the most newsworthy!

[Phlem]

38. Wow!

Freaking amazing!

What about Hillary?

[comradebillyboy]

119. It's all a conspiracy masterminded by the all powerful Hillary

The fact that Bernie's campaign is not getting news coverage is all Hillary's fault don't ya know. Hillary controls the media, don't let the fact that the big media have smeared Hillary for the last 20 years confuse you. It's all a sinister plot.

[NurseJackie]

122. She's much more powerful than I'd realized!

What a relief!

[Phlem]

138. There you go putting words in people's mouths.

sure that what I was thinking chief.

The Hillary bunch just keeps getting more pathetic with every passing day.

The dishonest intellect is quite becoming of you.

[AgingAmerican]

42. Suuuuure he is

[VanillaRhapsody]

81. He sells advertising

Is this all that is left to the Sanders campaign? Perhaps he should spend some of all that capital I hear has raised and buy some time.....

[pangaia]

154. He is NOT newsworthy,

He is an asshole.
Why should assholes be in the 'news?'

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
---for the oligarchy.

[cui bono]

19. +1

What a ridiculous thought.

.

[pangaia]

153. No nurse.

The news is making his campaign.

[JaneyVee]

71. Trump is leading in the polls, Bernie is not.

[AgingAmerican]

75. You sure like to pump him up

Why would that be?

[JaneyVee]

76. I destroy him on social media daily.

[AgingAmerican]

79. This isn't social media

You believe the media is doing the right thing in giving his racist agenda lots and lots of free publicity. That is nauseating coming from a supposed Democrat.

Every day her supporters become more and more right wing. It's disturbing.

[kenfrequed]

175. Because they think it is safe to do so.

Because they think she has somehow magically already won because the media isn't paying as much attention to Bernie.

I have seen tons of people with Third Way banners popping up lately that think it is safe to come crawling out of the woodwork. Let us see what they say in a couple of weeks after New Hampshire and Iowa. Bernie is going to win the former and the later is going to be a lot closer than people think.

[Fawke Em]

8. Trump is NOT news. God. Y'all will make ANY excuse.

He's a "reality" show star.

[Rose Siding]

37. No matter his day job, if the leading repub exhibits fascist tendencies, it's news

[AgingAmerican]

178. It's tabloid nonsense

[redstateblues]

128. He is. He's the Republican front runner

He knows how to work the media

[slipslidingaway]

12. The Trump campaign DESERVES all the coverage ...

if that is what you believe, then maybe they deserve our votes as well.

[NurseJackie]

14. See post 13.

That's not my criteria. The criteria you use for deciding on how to cast your vote is entirely up to you.

[BlueCheese]

170. Saying someone deserves coverage doesn't mean that that person is good.

The Planned Parenthood shooter and the San Bernardino shooters deserved coverage, in the sense they made news, right?

[NurseJackie]

171. Correct! For the purpose of outrage, it appears that ...

... some people intentionally misunderstand and overlook the obvious. But what can ya do? It happens so frequently, that it's hardly worth worrying about anymore.

[slipslidingaway]

173. You honestly think Trump Deserves all the coverage he has had by the corporate media ...

you can spin this if you want, but the Media plays a large role in promoting or demoting candidates.

[BlueCheese]

174. The media absolutely has a lot of power.

For example, they adored John McCain in 2000 and Barack Obama in 2008. They've never liked Hillary Clinton-- in fact, I think their bizarre obsession with Hillary Clinton's email had a lot to do with her summer swoon.

However, Donald Trump is the frontrunner for one of the major parties in the United States, and he's been making a lot of news-- most of it bad. I don't really blame them too much in this case.

[AgingAmerican]

180. The Trump 'coverage' is tabloid obsession

And it is unprecedented

[PowerToThePeople]

15. Just as capitalism rewards those who are most deserving.

[NurseJackie]

16. See post 13.

[PowerToThePeople]

17. Does America even have news? Enquiring minds want to know.

eom

[NurseJackie]

67. That is an excellent question!

It certainly is lacking in comparison to BBC World News. The PBS News Hour is likely our most comprehensive news show.

[Fawke Em]

7. Not as much as your sour grapes.

The point of this campaign is to expose corporate malfeasance.

Can't wait to beat* the war monger and her corporate cronies.



*beat: as in win, not flog, just in case any alert stalkers are worried.

[Eric J in MN]

21. "ABC World News Tonight" gets 8 million viewers per night.

"The Tonight Show with Jimmy Kimmel" gets 4 million viewers per night.

Donald Trump repeatedly getting coverage on "ABC World News Tonight" is more publicity than Bernie Sanders getting to make one appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Kimmel."

[AZ Progressive]

22. Lets be honest, Trump and Hillary have been famous for decades

Trump has been a billionaire and a friend of the media (based in New York City) since the 80s, getting really popular with the Apprentice show series.

Hillary Clinton was First Lady, Senator of New York (a large state), ran for president in 2008, and was Secretary of State.

Bernie Sanders, a senator from the small state of Vermont, until recently has been a relative nobody, pretty much only known by Vermonters and fans of the Thom Hartmann show.

[comradebillyboy]

24. Face it Bernie is a one note samba

He repeats the same message over and over. He avoids foreign policy or any other topic that is not bashing Wall Street. He hasn't had anything new to say since September. He's boring. He is also thin skinned cheerless.

[SoapBox]

27. Versus the Weathervane Shape Shifter...

That has "evolved" over and over or simply COPIED Bernie's message.

Don't forget her sabre rattling War Hawk stuff!

[riversedge]

41. Ah-a Sanders fan trifecta --3 silly boring Talking pts all wrapped into one post

[AgingAmerican]

82. Yet zero refutals

[Phlem]

159. Boring?

That's all you've got.

Your desperation is showing.

[kenfrequed]

176. Yeah... three boring talking points...

Like being for regulating the banks properly and breaking up the big banks

Like being for a $15 dollar minimum wage.

Like seeking to remove the cap on social security taxes so that the millionaires pay the same rate as doctors making a hundred thousand a year.

Like free public colleges and universities.

What a crappy retort. Do you wonder why Sanders supporters don't fall over for Hillary. That kind of statement you made is probably exhibit 1.

[840high]

34. You forgot - he does not lie.

[Walk away]

94. Don't forget YELLING! That is so annoying!

His true believers must all have hearing problems.

[Phlem]

160. Boring and yelling?

DU has devolved immensely if that's what you're using to discredit Bernie. 2 nothings that don't help us at all.

your brilliance is blinding.

[kenfrequed]

177. When they can't talk the issues

They accuse supporters of being terrible people. They have been doing it for six months. It really is all they seem to have since Bernie is better on every single issue.

[Phlem]

158. OMG.

you're on a fucking role.

That has got to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

[SoapBox]

25. The numbers don't lie...it's a virtual blackout for both him and O'Malley.

No whining involved.

At least he isn't gonna sit down with $30,000+ a plate Banksters and Billionaires in NYC on the 18th.

[CoffeeCat]

33. That's pretty gutsy of her...

...considering that the next night is the Democratic debate in NH.

[Skittles]

26. sorry Randy, everyone should be concerned that Trump gets all the coverage

[ibegurpard]

92. You'd think that would be obvious

[R B Garr]

29. It's all theatrics. He never misses a photo-op.

It's not even believable. Just scripted theater. His campaign manager sounds phony. Sanders is a U.S. Senator. He has no problem getting on T.V. This is being over done.

[pnwmom]

30. Trump gets a lot more publicity than Hillary, too. He keeps saying outrageous things,

and that's what's getting him the media attention.

Unfortunately, Hillary, Martin, and Bernie get less coverage simply because they always sound like caring, rational human beings.

Where's the entertainment value in that?

[AgingAmerican]

83. And outrageous is what the country needs, right?

[SheilaT]

31. To me the genuinely scary thing is to what extent almost everyone gets

their knowledge of the world from the main stream media.

Most people watch regular commercial TV. They maybe watch one of the three (might it be four by now?) major networks for their news. Such as it is. They watch whatever the current most popular shows are on broadcast TV. I honestly don't know what those shows might be these days.

Worse yet, most people make their decisions about who to vote for based on the ads that are run over and over during the regular campaign: "Do you know that Candidate X tortures small mammals in his spare time? Is this the kind of person we want in (Congress, the Senate, as President)?"

I don't happen to own a TV. I watch a reasonable amount of television via the internet. The very, very best thing is that I am not subject to advertising. Not the political kind, and not the kind that exhorts us to buy buy buy, spend spend spend. I wake up every morning to Amy Goodman. My local community radio station has the BBC on before and after her, and at other times during the day. I also read my local newspaper, so I have a pretty good idea of what's going on in my community. But what I don't get -- and don't miss at all -- are the political ads telling me how truly terrible some candidate is, nor am I exposed to the ads that assure me I'll be sexy and desirable if I use the right toothpaste or drive the right car.

I really wish I could persuade more people to give up conventional TV, be it broadcast, cable, or satellite. When I moved to my current location (Santa Fe, NM) there were several reasons why I didn't get a TV, but it mainly came down to cost. I didn't want to spend the money on a TV set, didn't want to pay the cost of cable or satellite. There was a trivial issue about the location of the connection, which would have required any TV be set directly in front of the only window in the living room, which made no sense to me. I viewed it as an experiment, and at the beginning assumed I'd be getting a TV (cable or satellite) within a year. But then I discovered that what I really wanted to watch I could watch on the internet, and as time went by found I simply didn't miss regular TV at all. At this point, more than seven years into that "experiment" I can't imagine ever having regular TV again. When I'm in a hotel and turn on the TV, I invariably wind up turning it off after no more than 30 minutes because I can't abide the endless commercials. I think regular TV viewers have become immune to them, which is unfortunate. Because you're really not immune, you just think you are. They are still occupying a significant percent of the broadcast time, and you see and hear those ads and they insuate themselves into your brain. Not a good thing at all.

Here's something else connected to not having a TV but having the internet: When some sort of breaking news occurs, I just google the TV stations in that city, and invariably they will have gone to live streaming. I find that the feed from a local TV station is vastly better than what I'd get by turning on my TV (if I had one) and tuning into the network broadcast of the same thing. Quite amazing.

[LuvLoogie]

39. All Bernie has to do is start ripping on Hillary

and calling her names. He needs to be a reflection of the rank and file Revolution.

The media wants a mud fight. I f they want to hear Bernie's answers and positions on anything, all they need to do is get permission from Thom Hartman to run one tape from one show of Breakfast with Bernie. And it doesn't matter which show.

[comradebillyboy]

121. Maybe he should bring up the rumor that Hillary murderd Vince Foster

or blame Hillary for Bill's infidelity, or resurrect Whitewater. That would get him some coverage. The Iraq vote is old news and the reality is Bernie is perceived as either too dovish or uninterested in the rest of the world.

[highprincipleswork]

44. Must feel nice to be among those who don't have to worry about such things?

Haven't we all been made aware of the effects and results of "privilege" during this election season?

Now, as a white male myself, I can get kind of offended too, when people accuse me of privilege and I haven't actually been demonstrating it or the results of it, just the color of my skin and my gender.

But when certain people deride others for making a stink out of things that truly do stink, like the preposterous and rigged scheduling of the debates or the ridiculous inequity of reporting on major candidates, that strikes me as more than disingenuous.

C'mon, get with it. We're in the end on the same side, and candidates should get equal treatment if we are to truly select the "best one", the one that best represents the people.

I know those who support Hillary are all too happy to exult in some of the inequities, but it surely does not help the cause.

[VanillaRhapsody]

86. Then Sanders should run on restoring

The Fairness Doctrine

[highprincipleswork]

132. Sounds fine to me.

He already talks about changing the media, something that should have been brought up and handled long ago.

As long as Rightwing radio and TV spews forth 24/7 all over the country, how do we resist the relentless dumbing down that occurs?

When "mainstream" radio and TV does pretty much the same thing, including CNN, NPR, etc., there really is almost nowhere to get non-rightwing media coverage, except maybe the foreign news.

[VanillaRhapsody]

135. Then he should stop whining and just do it

[highprincipleswork]

155. I get it, when our candidate complains about something it's "whining".

I get it, when our candidate complains about something it's "whining".

When your candidate complains about something it's undoubtedly "justified".

Less name-calling and more compassion all the way around would be helpful, I would think.

I suppose you think we shouldn't "whine" either about how the DNC has engineered the debates as if they wanted absolutely the least coverage and attendance possible. Clearly, to any unbiased eye, an engineered system that is counter-intuitive, unless you wish to skew the results a certain way.

Please don't call it whining, and we will try to keep the name-calling to a minimum too. Stating the facts, that's another story.

[Betty Karlson]

46. No, Randy, he has a point:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251894671

[Scuba]

47. Why the attack thread? I thought Hillary and her fans weren't worried about Bernie?

[RiffRandell]

129. No kidding!

[Vinca]

48. The continual attacks on Bernie over foolish issues make it less likely Bernie supporters

will come out for Hillary if she's the nominee. And she will desperately need us. You're doing your candidate harm.

[NurseJackie]

73. The same argument could be made the other way 'round ...

... except for the fact that this website and its individual threads and comments do not have the reach or penetration into the public consciousness that you imagine.

[AgingAmerican]

84. Yet you guys spend hours writing them

lol

[NurseJackie]

99. It's attributable to push-back (likely from both sides) ...

... but in the grand scheme of national politics, and the actual influence of the things written here on this website, it matters not a whit. It's a closed ecosystem that's filled with politically inclined individuals who choose to be here, and not representative of the real world.

With regard to the topic, it appears that you have selective vision and likely remember only those things that bother you the most. Bernie is no victim, and his fans are not the angelic choirboys that you seem to view them as.

I suppose it's completely natural for Bernie's fans and his campaign to try and find a scapegoat or to imagine conspiracies as an excuse for the failings of his campaign. No doubt this brings much solace and comfort to a troubled campaign and its enthusiasts.

Instead of searching for a scapegoat, I can only suggest that Bernie's campaign and its followers look inward for the reasons that his poll numbers and endorsements are so dismal. Ask yourselves what other reasons there may be that his appeal seems to be so limited.

[AgingAmerican]

100. The OP probably spent three days writing this

You guys don't hide your fear very well.

[NurseJackie]

102. You'd need to take that up with the OP. There's no way for me to know...

... but it seems unlikely that it would take such a long time. It's a peevish criticism of the OP in my opinion, your efforts to characterize the OP as coming from a place of fear defies logic. It is, very plainly, a post that points out the behavior of Bernie's campaign has all the hallmarks of one that knows it's suffering. Strong and robust campaigns don't need to search for scapegoats or make excuses.

The answers you seek will come from within, but first you must be willing to look and not be afraid of what you see.

[comradebillyboy]

123. Bravo nt

[Gothmog]

49. Trump has a better chance of being gop nominee than sanders has of becoming democratic nominee

[AgingAmerican]

85. And you seem fine with that

[Donald Ian Rankin]

90. I don't know about him, but I'm delighted by it.

"Least electable Republican candidate has better chance of winning than least electable Democratic candidate" is something I'm enthused by.

Except possibly for Carson, Trump is the only Republican I'd bet on Clinton to beat, and the only one I'd score Sanders as having a snowball's chance in hell against.

[AgingAmerican]

96. We are seeing a lot of Hillary supporters delighted with Trump lately

And pushing right wing ideology. We can all see where this is going.

Her supporters are becoming very anti-Democratic.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

101. What's anti-Democratic about wanting the Democrats to win elections?

You could make a case that expressing support for an opposing candidate likely to lose is machiavellian and small-d anti-democratic (although I wouldn't agree with it), but to suggest that it's large-D anti-Democratic is absurd.

[NurseJackie]

108. +1

Trump is a gift. He will cause the GOP to implode, or he'll split their vote. Either way, we win (as Democrats and as Americans.) His negative effect on the GOP will likely last for a generation.

[Kentonio]

134. Despite the endless head to head polls showing that to be incorrect?

[Gothmog]

165. How sill Sanders compete financially in general election

I keep asking the same question and to date i have not seen an explation as to how Sanders competes n a general election where the Kochs will be sprnding $887 million ans the RNC candisste may spend anothrt billion dollars. Sanders lacks the financial resouces to be viable in a general election contest where the Koshs can spend $300 million on negative ads using the ters "socialist" and "socialism".

[Kentonio]

166. Because this is the internet age

No longer just the TV age. The old methods are no longer the only options open to us. We can reach the voters without just having to throw a billion dollars at the networks.

[Gothmog]

163. If either Trump or Sanders became their party's nominee, then that party would lose

Sanders is not viable in a general election contest where the Kochs will be spending $887 million and the RNC candidate may spend another billion dollars. Sanders has a 6% chance of being the democratic nominee because most Democrats do not believe he is viable in the general election.

Trump has a 21% chance of being the nominee because the gop base is full of crazy people who believe that Romney and mcCain lost because they were too liberal. A Trump nomination could help the Democratic partywin the Senate and the House back. The RNC will stop Trump or risk losing Congress.

Neither Sanders nor Trump are that likely to be their party's nominee

[workinclasszero]

51. I can't believe his campaign is whining about this now

After months of saying they don't need MSM, tool of the Oligarchy, the internets and facebook is gonna elect Bernie!!11!1

What happened???

[livetohike]

56. Sanders can't have it both ways. He rails against the establishment, but wants to have that same

establishment do his bidding. He always seems to be complaining with no solutions that are realistic. Maybe that's why his coverage is sparse.

[Kalidurga]

57. It's nice to know pointing out the truth is whining.

So when someone gets robbed or beaten and they point that out, what a bunch of whiny babies. Or if you point out income inequality what a bunch of whiny losers right? Or if you point out that people die for lack of health care well maybe they should focus more on making enough money to pay for the right to live rather than whine about it, right?

Sure in the scheme of things not getting coverage in the news is a small thing. But, we are talking about corporate control over nearly every facet of life in the United States and that is not a small thing.

I remember back in the day when progressives were the champions of people who are oppressed.

[aikoaiko]

60. This from the HRC camp who had vapors about the word "shout"?

Give me a break. At least the Sanders camp provided a quantifiable issue.

[treestar]

63. There's a complaint I can get behind

But then the M$M always did favor the Rs.

There's no reason for Trump to get more coverage. Maybe he is more extreme to the right than Bernie is to the left and thus his remarks are more outrageous. That's the reason for the Trump coverage, IMO.

[NCTraveler]

65. Clinton has understood the medias intentions for decades.

Sanders is figuring it out now that he is meandering outside of Vermont. This is nothing new.

[Andy823]

66. Yep

If anyone should be complaining it should be O'Malley!

[Jamaal510]

139. I barely hear

anything about O'M. In contrast, BS has been all over radio and on TV (especially MSNBC). A person would either have to be dishonest or inattentive to claim that he hasn't gotten much media coverage, yet Media Matters et al. are still running with this story.

[Number23]

167. I agree. And I would agree with the assertion in this OP that Sanders' media coverage INTERNATIONALL

is practically nil. At the first debate, the journalists at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation referred to it as "Hillary Clinton versus a bunch of nobodies" (which was actually a slam on Sanders, O'Malley and Chafee at the time) and he is really a non-entity in the international press.

Having said that, the unrelenting attacks on the OP for daring to post this piece are absolutely unhinged. NOBODY who is the tiniest bit secure in their choice for candidate feels the need to launch these stupid, UNENDING and pointless personal attacks. The hatefulness reveals far more truth than all of the "rah, rah!!1" ever could.

[Live and Learn]

68. So valid criticisms of the media are now referred to as whiining?

Can't get much more regressive than that.

[ibegurpard]

93. Oh they'll find a way

[JaneyVee]

70. Let me know when they care about O'Malley's coverage.

Until then it's just more whining.

[MohRokTah]

72. Last gasps of failing campaigns ALWAYS blame the media. eom

[AgingAmerican]

87. List a few of these campaigns that were blacked out by the MSM

Thanks in advance.

[MohRokTah]

88. I don't acquiesce to demands from people who support Sanders. eom

[Live and Learn]

107. LOL That looks like discrimination against a whole slew of Democrats. nt

[Live and Learn]

105. Good to know you think the state of the media is just fine.

Are you also against net neutrality? Very progressive views wouldn't you say?

[MohRokTah]

106. Assumption and redicrection, indications of no argument.

Why would you assume a position on net neutrality based upon the fact I stated where failing campaigns ALWAYS blame the media?

[Live and Learn]

109. "Redicrection," indication of making up words to make an argument when all else fails? nt

[MohRokTah]

111. Redicretion indicates a simple typographical error in spelling redirection

[Live and Learn]

113. Oh, you mean a 'mistake'. Guess you are supporting the right candidate then. nt

[Walk away]

89. At least when Trump waves his arms and yells he is entertaining!

Maybe Sanders should say that he did it first!

[merrily]

95. Your reaction to the Tyndall report is to diss Bernie? Wow.

[ibegurpard]

97. yup

It hurts their own candidate as well but they don't give a shit about that as long it hurts Bernie.

[merrily]

98. How about hurting Americans, fairness, First Amendment values, etc.? Throw all that down the tubes?

[ibegurpard]

103. all in service to Hillary

Who gives a shit about the consequences right?

[Live and Learn]

112. Yep, and know need for public air waves. Full control by the corporate owned media.

Disgusting that some here have no problem with that.

[Live and Learn]

110. Amazing, isn't it? Shows where some really stand. nt

[CajunBlazer]

118. If Bernie wants Trump-like attention - he needs to make ridiculous, over the top statements

The Networks following "interesting" candidates who produce new stories every day. Bernie has been saying the same things for 40 years.

It would also help if he was the least bit competitive. Trump leads the Republican field in every state, Bernie trails badly in almost every state. However, several of the other Republican candidates - Cruz, Rubio, and Carson - are much more competitive with Trump than Bernie is with Hillary. Since Trump is such a decisive figure, even within the GOP, his closest competitors are going to get decent coverage.

It's not about "corporate network" deliberately shunning Bernie. News networks are about one thing, ratings. If Bernie gave them the best ratings, they would follow him around with a hundred cameras everywhere he goes.

[seabeyond]

124. Democrats do not play fair. Media doesn't play fair. Yet, he wants votes to step into White House

make these huge changes.

He has spent his whole career tickled being the Socialist, and now he wants special treatment.

New Hampshire was another. And unions who back Clinton.

We hear this a lot from Sanders.

[Bluenorthwest]

126. Note that your headline is not Variety's nor does it reflect what Variety reports.

This is written by Ted Johnson who is Senior Editor at Variety. Johnson is in agreement with Sanders' statements and while the OP might not understand this, Johnson's point about Sanders being on late night entertainment programming more than on the news programming is a criticism of the news programming, not an argument that Sanders is getting plenty of air time. In the industry, the idea that a major candidate is seen more on talk shows than on news shows speaks poorly for the news shows. This is not how it is supposed to be. This is understood by the readership of Variety.

In terms of the OP's choice of verbiage, I don't care for that sort of thing. It is particularly odious when used to exploit the words of another writer and twist them to serve a personal narrative.

So not very insightful, lacking in ethics and wallowing in insulting verbiage. My criticism of the OP is very similar to Johnson's criticism of the news media. It's more about entertainment than honesty.

[RiverLover]

156. Wow. Very well said. BIG +!!

[kath]

130. You really had to make up such a nasty title line for your OP?

Disgusting. Childish. Obnoxious.

[Douglas Carpenter]

146. Everyone knows that the msm has - if anything a liberal bias. We all remember how the media

constantly smeared President Reagan in the 80's, how they fawned over the Clinton's in the 90's and kept secret from American people countless tawdry scandals, how in 2002-2003 the mainstream media fought viciously to undermine President Bush's and Vice President's Cheney's war policy even denying that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction even as our troops where marching into battle.

Yet, Bernie has the unmitigated nerve and temerity to suggest that the media is biased. PREPOSTEROUS!! I TELL YOU!! PREPOSTEROUS!!! Next thing you know, he'll be suggesting that there is a vast right-wing conspiracy.

[question everything]

152. Just leafed through TIME magazine

where the showed all the 2015 cover pages. So here was Trump, and Carson, and Bernie but no.... Hillary.

So Bernie, like Trump and Carson, should stop whining.

[aikoaiko]

172. Not quite true.

They did well by her in 2014


And made reminded us of her again in 2015. Not the most flattering picture, but there she is.

[Bluenorthwest]

164. I came back to see if you had the basic decency to address the points I raised and the OP has

not responded to anyone. A drive by smearing of a Democratic candidate. Pure class.

[jfern]

179. I suppose you supported the swiftboating of Kerry by the media

The media is not on any liberal's side, so if they're on your side, your are a political enemy of liberals.

[senz]

181. How come so many rightwing men call it "whining"

when the "little people" talk about fairness?

What is it about fairness that makes righties get so smug and sarcastic?