Amy Goodman of Democracy Now: How the Media Is Ruining This Election

[Uncle Joe]

88. The "Television" Networks didn't cover the New York Times angle on the interview,

nor did the Washington Post, they all fell in line with the New York Daily News take and the owner of that publication is a Hillary supporter.

The New York Daily News and the vast majority of the corporate media conglomerates were quick to obfuscate Bernie's statement in regards to the Treasury Secretary and the Fed.

In an exchange with the New York Daily News editorial board a few days ago, Bernie said he didn’t know if the Fed had authority to break up the big banks but the President does have such authority under the Dodd-Frank Act.

This drew an onslaught of criticism from the media: "Bernie Sanders Admits He Isn't Sure How to Break Up Big Banks," read Vanity Fair's headline. "This New York Daily News interview was pretty close to a disaster for Bernie Sanders," said The Washington Post.

"How Much Does Bernie Sanders Know About Policy?" asked The Atlantic. The Clinton campaign even said in a fundraising email "on his signature issue of breaking up the banks, he's unable to answer basic questions about how he'd go about doing it, and even seems uncertain whether a president does or doesn't already have that authority under existing law."

The criticism is bonkers. Bernie was absolutely correct when he said the President has the authority to break up the big banks under Dodd-Frank. He's repeatedly specified exactly how he'd use that Dodd-Frank authority to do so. His critics are confusing the Dodd-Frank Act with the Federal Reserve. Whether the Fed has the authority on its own to break up the biggest banks is irrelevant.
Clearly, Bernie has the Democratic establishment worried enough to try to twist his words into pretzels.


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The corporate media conglomerates didn't condemn Trump's early hate filled speech, they presented it as "he's winning despite this" they didn't state that he had no substance they wasted precious airtime covering him selling steaks and crap.

To his supporters this was gold, Trump is different and therefor must be better.