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It seems newsworthy that in the run-up to a pivotal election, a presidential candidate is not only actively campaigning against the record of a sitting president of the same party, but gathering auspiciously large crowds by doing so. Of course, if the media were to report on the fiery John Reed–inspired rhetoric Sanders is blasting out to his zombie hordes at sold-out arenas, the carefully crafted Hollywood script of Barack Obama’s successful presidency would come tumbling down.

When questioned about whether Sanders brought up the 10.3 percent unemployment figure at an event in Portland, Ore., embedded Buzzfeed reporter Evan McMorris-Santoro, who was all too happy to photograph the crowd size, hesitantly confirmed that he did, then directed me to go find Sanders’s remarks on YouTube. Thanks, reporter guy! When I asked MSNBC campaign reporter Alex Seitz-Wald about similar claims in Sanders’s speech, he told me quotes from his speech aren’t reported because “He gives the same speech every time.” So, of course, why report it at all? This is not a phenomenon unique to these two reporters charged with informing the public at large. Contrast this approach to that of media covering Hillary, whose carefully scripted appearances are transcribed almost word for word.

Sanders needs to sell a hopeless dystopian future. But the threat, of course, cannot be the economically devastating policies of Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, or the Democratic party in the deteriorating inner cities of Detroit, New Orleans, Baltimore, New York, D.C., Chicago, Oakland, and well, all of California. Rather it’s some corporate bogeyman against which the people must rise up: The faceless evil of Walmart, Wall Street, and any other wall Sanders finds himself yelling at. That’s a much more convenient narrative for media to sell the millions of crestfallen baristas wondering what happened to their Hope and Change. Sanders may not necessarily be the perfect post-Obama messenger, but anyone who doesn’t think he can carry that message past Grandma and to the Democrat nomination hasn’t been paying attention to what that party has become over the past seven years.

kalm wrote:Sanders needs to sell a hopeless dystopian future. But the threat, of course, cannot be the economically devastating policies of Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, or the Democratic party in the deteriorating inner cities of Detroit, New Orleans, Baltimore, New York, D.C., Chicago, Oakland, and well, all of California. Rather it’s some corporate bogeyman against which the people must rise up: The faceless evil of Walmart, Wall Street, and any other wall Sanders finds himself yelling at. That’s a much more convenient narrative for media to sell the millions of crestfallen baristas wondering what happened to their Hope and Change. Sanders may not necessarily be the perfect post-Obama messenger, but anyone who doesn’t think he can carry that message past Grandma and to the Democrat nomination hasn’t been paying attention to what that party has become over the past seven years.

AZGrizFan wrote:

kalm wrote:Sanders needs to sell a hopeless dystopian future. But the threat, of course, cannot be the economically devastating policies of Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, or the Democratic party in the deteriorating inner cities of Detroit, New Orleans, Baltimore, New York, D.C., Chicago, Oakland, and well, all of California. Rather it’s some corporate bogeyman against which the people must rise up: The faceless evil of Walmart, Wall Street, and any other wall Sanders finds himself yelling at. That’s a much more convenient narrative for media to sell the millions of crestfallen baristas wondering what happened to their Hope and Change. Sanders may not necessarily be the perfect post-Obama messenger, but anyone who doesn’t think he can carry that message past Grandma and to the Democrat nomination hasn’t been paying attention to what that party has become over the past seven years.

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What a great line.

I got a chuckle out of that and the Larry David line.

CID1990 wrote:He's a terrible candidate

The fact we even know the name of a crusty old New England socialist, much less considering him as approaching anything resembling a serious candidate is just another indicator of what a dumpster fire our country is.

CID1990 wrote:He's a terrible candidate

The fact we even know the name of a crusty old New England socialist, much less considering him as approaching anything resembling a serious candidate is just another indicator of what a dumpster fire our country is.

CID1990 wrote:He's a terrible candidate

The fact we even know the name of a crusty old New England socialist, much less considering him as approaching anything resembling a serious candidate is just another indicator of what a dumpster fire our country is.