2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHow many hundreds of millions in free advertising have Clinton and Trump received?
They even play their ads again and again.
Unless something is done about the corporate media propaganda machine, nothing will change.
Please spare me the stupid posts about how Bernie outspent Hillary...
Jitter65
(3,089 posts)Skwmom
(12,685 posts)Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)They are responsible for a fair amount of his 'success.'
puffy socks
(1,473 posts)They complain he never gets any press and that he'd be winning by a landslide if they would just give him press time.
Then they say now he's had press time on MTP, and other shows, and everyone sees he's wonderful. He's so popular his rallies are packed, polls are packed, only Bernie signs in yards everywhere.
I believe the difference is only in the loudness of the Bernie supporters, and they have fallen for 'louder' means larger numbers' .
The numbers just aren't there.
scscholar
(2,902 posts)Admittedly I don't watch TV much since I live in Seattle in a Comcast monopoly area where they do not offer service since it's a minority area and we're not profitable enough for them, but still when I have watched TV, I see the complete media black-out of him and his campaign. They refuse to cover him. Refuse to cover him.
artyteacher
(598 posts)For 30 years.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... frequency as many of (most of?) the people who gather at this web site. It's probably a mistake to assume that the cable-news viewing habits of others is a match for your (our?) viewing habits.
KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)CNN pushed the momentum narrative a lot in their coverage, which has helped Sanders stay in the race.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)Through promises of low taxes, corporate welfare, and to keep hands off the banksters, offers to launder cash and grease the skids of weapons deals for companies like Boeing.
Carlin was right. What's sad are the little people who really think they're part of the club now.
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