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Sidney Ember's Secret Sources
NYT reporter hides corporate ties of Sanders critics she highlights
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Ember is supposed to write reported articles, not op-eds, but she consistently paints a negative picture of Sanders temperament, history, policies and/or political prospects in the over two dozen pieces shes done on him. This makes sense, given the New York Times documented anti-Sanders bias, which can be found among both editors and reporters alike.
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Ember has a multi-prong approach to undermining Sanders: She went to great lengths to avoid calling him the frontrunner until he was no longer one; she attributes his political positions to attention-getting, self-serving ulterior motives; frames even his victories and the popularity of his ideas as weaknesses; cherry-picks polls; presents opinions as facts (claiming hes outflanked on the left by rising stars like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley and Beto ORourke); and creates false equivalency between Sanders and Donald Trump.
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But the woman linking Sanders socialist rhetoric to a Trump victory is not just a Democratic strategist. When reporters at places like the Financial Times, CNBC, NPR, Yahoo! Business and Jewish News Services quote her, they cite her as a principal at the Dewey Square Group, a lobbying and public relations firm. Dewey Squares corporate clients have included Allegiance Healthcare Corporation, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Coca-Cola, Collegiate Funding Services, Countrywide Mortgage, DuPont, General Motors Corporation, Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA), Mortgage Insurance Companies of America, Purdue Pharma, Starbucks, United Health Group. The US Chamber of Commerce hired the firm to fight for caps on damages that can be paid in lawsuits; the National Restaurant Association paid them to fight against a law that made it easier for unions to organize workers and Fix the Debt, to push its austerity astroturf campaign which to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
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By presenting her sources as objective authorities, instead of paid lobbyists and austerity ideologues, Ember both conceals and advances their agenda, undermining the integrity of the Fourth Estate, our democracy, and one of the most popular politicians.
https://fair.org/home/sidney-embers-secret-sources/
This is a good read.
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Sidney Ember's Secret Sources (Original Post)
Uncle Joe
Jun 2019
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SouthernProgressive
(1,810 posts)1. That was fun.
Ember has a multi-prong approach to undermining Sanders
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Uncle Joe
(58,405 posts)2. Yes, unfortunately
journalism based on integrity isn't one of the "prongs."
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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
SouthernProgressive
(1,810 posts)3. What do you think?
If I were to vote in a presidential
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Uncle Joe
(58,405 posts)5. Not a bad article but I'm looking at the totality as is well documented
in the OP.
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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
SouthernProgressive
(1,810 posts)6. Really a good article.
I enjoyed reading it. She seems to be a good writer.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Uncle Joe
(58,405 posts)7. When she wants to be but being a good writer means nothing
if you're compromised.
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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
mcar
(42,372 posts)4. I have never heard of this person
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden