Sen. Sanders: Media doesn't reflect reality in America
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders argued Saturday that the media is not reflecting the reality that Americans face.
“They’d rather have us fighting against each other, and black and brown and white and gay and straight, you’re born in Mexico, you’re born in America, let’s all fight it out,” he shouted. “Let’s have war with Mexico! Let’s ban all Muslims, let’s talk about that. Let’s not talk about how we all come together to create an economy that works for all rather than the top one percent.”
Sanders was responding to a question from a Mexican-American college student from San Diego who said as a child, she never saw people like her on television. She wondered whether public TV, at least, should be required to have more diverse characters, such as on programs for children.
Sanders did not take a stand on whether kids’ cartoons needed to be more diverse but did say there “need to be big changes” in media focus. He said the “despair” related to economic inequality doesn’t show up in the media. “This is what I worry about. I think you can watch television 24/7 and not get a feeling that what you are seeing is the reality of American life in many respects,” he said.
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BernieSanders is discussing prison reform, poverty and race at a forum in Anamosa, Iowa.
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