Bernie Sanders Releases Statement Blasting Campaign’s ‘Blackout’ in Corporate Media

[Purveyor]

The Bernie Sanders campaign released a statement earlier tonight targeting the “corporate” media for not giving Sanders the coverage he deserves.

A recent study on media coverage of all the candidates found that not only is it dominated by Donald Trump, but he himself is getting far more coverage than Sanders, Hillary Clinton, and Martin O’Malley combined.

The study focuses on campaign coverage from the major nightly newscasts, and during this entire election season (up to the end of November), Trump has gotten 234 minutes on the nightly news, Clinton has gotten 113 minutes, and Sanders has only gotten 10 minutes.

That led the Sanders campaign to release a statement titled “Why the Bernie Blackout on Corporate Network News?”

Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver said, “The corporately-owned 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. Bernie must receive the same level of coverage on the nightly news as other leading candidates.”

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http://www.mediaite.com/online/bernie-sanders-releases-statement-blasting-campaigns-blackout-in-corporate-media/

[cosmicone]

1. Whine, complain, kvetch, repeat n/t

[arcane1]

3. Maybe you should create a graph depicting this.

[orpupilofnature57]

4. Cajole, Pose, and Avoid issues using platitudes . n/t

[arcane1]

7. Don't forget the fake charts!

[orpupilofnature57]

9. In between endorsements .

[arcane1]

2. CEO of CBS News Caught Celebrating Trump’s Bigotry:He’s Making Us ‘Phenomenal’ Profits

At a recent investors’ presentation, CBS president and CEO Leslie Moonves revealed his hand: Donald Trump’s bigotry is “phenomenal” for the company’s profits and ratings, and he hopes the Donald keeps escalating.

“Go Donald! Keep getting out there!” Moonves said at the UBS Bank-sponsored event.

The CBS chief went on to laud the ever-increasing flow of cash into political advertising campaigns as great for business, saying, “The more they spend, the better it is for us.”

“We’re looking forward to a very exciting political year in ’16,” Moonves said to investors. The Intercept noted that these remarks came before Trump’s call to ban all Muslims from the US, although Moonves still likely saw a boost in ratings from Trump’s outlandish proposals to register all US Muslims in a database and require practitioners of Islam to publicly identify their religious affiliation, along with Trump’s racist comments toward Mexican immigrants when he first announced his presidential campaign.

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http://usuncut.com/politics/cbs-chief/

[brooklynite]

5. And your point is?

Sanders folks have been arguing for months that the "corporate" media is hiding Sanders' message to protect their corporate allies. This says the obvious: media reports on things that people want to hear about and watch, because that gets them an audience.

[orpupilofnature57]

8. Say anything that works, that's the ticket . Single celled amoeba, that's the point .

[orpupilofnature57]

6. MSM = Misanthrope Sycophant Monsters