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Mike Malloy - Bernie Sanders Takes On The Media In Iowa (The Video) (Original Post) hschulein Aug 2015 OP
The best Presidential candidate of my lifetime Red Knight Aug 2015 #1
Yes, indeed! CanSocDem Aug 2015 #2
Career politician? demwing Aug 2015 #3
The "journalist" asking the question wanted Bernie to interpret *career politician* one way, but, as valerief Aug 2015 #5
And everybody feels the Bern demwing Aug 2015 #6
Right On, Bernie! Tell It Like It Is! panfluteman Aug 2015 #4

Red Knight

(704 posts)
1. The best Presidential candidate of my lifetime
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 07:26 AM
Aug 2015

and I'm 53 years old.

This country has no idea how badly they need this man in charge.

He is saying the things I have believed for years. The media should be embarrassed but then the media isn't really news anymore---it's ENTERTAINMENT. It's the WWE--pretending to be real or important. It isn't.

These aren't reporters--they are actors reading a script.

 

CanSocDem

(3,286 posts)
2. Yes, indeed!
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 08:04 AM
Aug 2015


I sometimes think that after a couple of generations of 'appearance journalism' (for lack of a better term), mainstream media reporters don't have the knowledge to ask the right questions.

They also lack the courage to defy their bosses and ask the bigger and better questions. They just want to get that anchor job...



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demwing

(16,916 posts)
3. Career politician?
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 08:16 AM
Aug 2015

First, if "politician" is a slur, then why are so many vying for that position? In any other area, having 25 years job experience makes you an expert, not a pariah.

Second, is Bernie a career politician, or is he a politician who's made a career out of defending the middle class?

valerief

(53,235 posts)
5. The "journalist" asking the question wanted Bernie to interpret *career politician* one way, but, as
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 04:05 PM
Aug 2015

always, Bernie twisted it around to suit his needs. Woo hoo! He won't let the media bully him into their corporate-approved corners.

 

demwing

(16,916 posts)
6. And everybody feels the Bern
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 04:31 PM
Aug 2015

But each according to their need. That reporter needed that Bern!

panfluteman

(2,065 posts)
4. Right On, Bernie! Tell It Like It Is!
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 11:45 AM
Aug 2015

And Don't Let the Mainstream Media Get You Down, or Get You Sidetracked!

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