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2016 Postmortem

grasswire

(50,130 posts) Tue Mar 8, 2016, 09:11 PM Mar 2016

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Why are the surrogates always Hillary's?

CNN, MSNBC --- every time the network wants someone to comment, it seems they have a Clinton surrogate right on hand, never a Bernie surrogate.

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Why are the surrogates always Hillary's? (Original Post) grasswire Mar 2016 OP

Not many surrogates? JaneyVee Mar 2016 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author El Supremo Mar 2016 #2

So much money to spread around, so many establishment Democratic politicians BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #3

When the media wants a particular candidate to win, Jarqui Mar 2016 #4

Cnn dies better. They actually get Ben Jealous and jillan Mar 2016 #5

because they are syncophants waiting in the wings for a job Bread and Circus Mar 2016 #6

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)

1. Not many surrogates?

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Tue Mar 8, 2016, 09:11 PM

Mar 2016

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BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)

3. So much money to spread around, so many establishment Democratic politicians

Reply to grasswire (Original post)

Tue Mar 8, 2016, 09:18 PM

Mar 2016

Think of all the money the Clintons have thrown around for polling, consulting, etc. over the years.

Jarqui

(10,123 posts)

4. When the media wants a particular candidate to win,

Reply to grasswire (Original post)

Tue Mar 8, 2016, 09:19 PM

Mar 2016

They minimize the other candidates air time and maximize their candidates air time
- in 2015, Clinton 121 minutes in the news, Sanders 10 minutes coverage
They minimize the use of the other candidates surrogates and maximize the use of surrogates sympathetic to the candidate they support
They use the talking points of the candidate they support in their news for that candidate
They use the talking points of criticisms made by the candidate they like as something they stress in the stories about the candidate they do not support.

I think that about covers it.

They haven't got their thumb on the media scales here - they've got both feet firmly planted.

jillan

(39,451 posts)

5. Cnn dies better. They actually get Ben Jealous and

Reply to grasswire (Original post)

Tue Mar 8, 2016, 09:55 PM

Mar 2016

Bill Press.

Bread and Circus

(9,454 posts)

6. because they are syncophants waiting in the wings for a job

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Tue Mar 8, 2016, 10:02 PM

Mar 2016

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