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mhatrw

(10,786 posts) Wed Oct 14, 2015, 05:07 AM Oct 2015

Bernie Sanders Repeatedly Scolded For Attempting To Unionize Debate Moderators

http://www.theonion.com/article/bernie-sanders-repeatedly-scolded-attempting-union-51537

Saying his repeated efforts to collectively organize the panel were inexcusable, representatives from CNN told reporters Tuesday night that they had to scold Bernie Sanders on numerous occasions for attempting to unionize the moderators of the Democratic presidential debate. “So far during this debate, we’ve sent producers on stage during every commercial break to remind him that this is not the forum to demand fair wages and safe working conditions for moderators,” said CNN official Tara Ramirez, adding that Sanders had spent an entire rebuttal attempting to coax moderator Don Lemon into calling a unionization election right then and there. “We thought he understood, but then he was right back at it, telling Anderson Cooper that if he stood up against the machine now, moderators from Fox and other networks would follow and generations of future moderators would benefit.”

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Bernie Sanders Repeatedly Scolded For Attempting To Unionize Debate Moderators (Original Post) mhatrw Oct 2015 OP

Lol! sabrina 1 Oct 2015 #1

Lol K&R azurnoir Oct 2015 #2

That damn Bernie! Enthusiast Oct 2015 #3

Gotta love the onion. mmonk Oct 2015 #4

Hillary - Me too! left-of-center2012 Oct 2015 #5

The Onion doesn't disappoint. iandhr Oct 2015 #6

The Onion does more to pique interest in the issues than do our local papers! MrMickeysMom Oct 2015 #7

The word is "Pique" Demeter Oct 2015 #8

I thought it was piquant Paulie Oct 2015 #10

heh-heh... MrMickeysMom Oct 2015 #14

I stand corrected... MrMickeysMom Oct 2015 #13

This is odd, but The Onion is making satire out of reality. CNN, MSNBC and FoxNews are non Union Bluenorthwest Oct 2015 #9

Satire out of reality...it's what they do. LWolf Oct 2015 #11

It's not as funny to me because they really need to be organzied. Bluenorthwest Oct 2015 #12

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)

1. Lol!

Reply to mhatrw (Original post)

Wed Oct 14, 2015, 05:26 AM

Oct 2015

Funny but I wouldn't be surprised if he actually had tried to do that!

azurnoir

(45,850 posts)

2. Lol K&R

Reply to mhatrw (Original post)

Wed Oct 14, 2015, 05:30 AM

Oct 2015

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

3. That damn Bernie!

Reply to mhatrw (Original post)

Wed Oct 14, 2015, 06:33 AM

Oct 2015

mmonk

(52,589 posts)

4. Gotta love the onion.

Reply to mhatrw (Original post)

Wed Oct 14, 2015, 06:38 AM

Oct 2015

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

5. Hillary - Me too!

Reply to mhatrw (Original post)

Wed Oct 14, 2015, 06:44 AM

Oct 2015

Hillary just switched her position to match Bernie,
having now realized she's also a 'Progressive'
(until the nomination).

iandhr

(6,852 posts)

6. The Onion doesn't disappoint.

Reply to mhatrw (Original post)

Wed Oct 14, 2015, 06:49 AM

Oct 2015

I was thinking this was Borowitz thought.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)

7. The Onion does more to pique interest in the issues than do our local papers!

Reply to mhatrw (Original post)

Wed Oct 14, 2015, 06:56 AM

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Better writers, too!

Demeter

(85,373 posts)

8. The word is "Pique"

Reply to MrMickeysMom (Reply #7)

Wed Oct 14, 2015, 07:44 AM

Oct 2015

Paulie

(8,462 posts)

10. I thought it was piquant

Reply to Demeter (Reply #8)

Wed Oct 14, 2015, 08:18 AM

Oct 2015

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)

14. heh-heh...

Reply to Paulie (Reply #10)

Wed Oct 14, 2015, 11:40 PM

Oct 2015

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)

13. I stand corrected...

Reply to Demeter (Reply #8)

Wed Oct 14, 2015, 11:39 PM

Oct 2015

Never post when in a hurry...

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)

9. This is odd, but The Onion is making satire out of reality. CNN, MSNBC and FoxNews are non Union

Reply to mhatrw (Original post)

Wed Oct 14, 2015, 08:15 AM

Oct 2015

shops which by all rights should be Union shops. People like Andy Cooper and Donnie Lemon do not contribute to the Pension and Health plan, nor do they pay dues to the general fund like Network news people do, like every sit com child and soap opera beauty does.

So organizing those moderators is not a bad idea.

LWolf

(46,179 posts)

11. Satire out of reality...it's what they do.

Reply to Bluenorthwest (Reply #9)

Wed Oct 14, 2015, 08:19 AM

Oct 2015

And this one is spot-on.

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)

12. It's not as funny to me because they really need to be organzied.

Reply to LWolf (Reply #11)

Wed Oct 14, 2015, 09:14 AM

Oct 2015

MSNBC has been particularly resistant to Unionization. Members of the Union in question are very aware of that fact.

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