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Written by Jeff Cohen / Salon August 16, 2019
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Mainstream journalists are having a ridiculous hissy fit over Sen. Bernie Sanders suggestion that there may be a connection between the owner of a news outlet and the content or biases of that outlets coverage.
If Sanders had suggested that Rupert Murdochs ownership of Fox News impacts its coverage, few would argue with him. But Sanders referred to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos ownership of the Washington Post a corporate centrist outlet. And the senator, an Amazon critic, complained that the newspaper doesnt write particularly good articles about me.
Immediately, the Posts top editor denounced Sanders conspiracy theory claiming his newsroom operates with full independence. A Post columnist tweeted that shed never heard a hint of Jeff Bezos interfering.
Are they deluding themselves? Or sincerely clueless?
I worked in and around mainstream TV news for years, including at corporate centrist outlets CNN and MSNBC. Unlike at Fox News (where Id also been a paid contributor), theres almost never a memo or direct order from top management to cover or not cover certain stories or viewpoints.
More at link
Great read to understanding the true causes of Media Bias!
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
samnsara
(17,625 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)...everything met his standards.
I'm curious. Do you know if your Dad allowed his writers to criticize his advertisers?
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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Vegas Roller
(704 posts)to keep an irrelevant campaign in the news.
Utter desperation.
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Uncle Joe
(58,378 posts)Thanks for the thread JoeOtterbein.
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JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)...what's up!
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LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)And sure... I'd call it phony outrage, it's a good ploy by the Sanders campaign to prevent the further erosion of his declining numbers. I don't think it'll work, but a politician's going to do what a politician's going to do.
'Sincerely clueless', indeed.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
kcr
(15,318 posts)rather than direct manipulation by a corporate master, then what could possibly be done to prevent such bias? You want to tell me Bernie's solution is any better? I seriously doubt those Bern Notices are a product of pure, groupthink-free neutrality.
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JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)There is no way anyone can believe that a newspaper that prints 16 articles in 16 hours about a single candidate, is being honest. They are plainly showing either their pro-candidate, or anti candidate bias.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
kcr
(15,318 posts)I'm also confused as to how that's somehow a sign he's being ignored, which is another common complaint. All of Bernie's complaints about the media seem focused on how it affects him. That seems like a biased agenda to me, not an honest reporting of the state of journalism. If I want to read and learn about the state of journalism in America, I'm going to seek out another source, sorry.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,331 posts)Furthermore, it is beyond hilarious to see DUers suddenly jump to the defense of the corporate media after witnessing complaints about same on this website for the past 10 plus years.
Complaints about going after Gore and propping up Bush to complaints about horse races to complaints about promoting illegal wars to complaints about normalizing trump to complaints about her emails stories.
But we get it...
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Gothmog
(145,427 posts)This is an interesting article https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/02/26/ive-reported-bernie-sanders-years-free-press-cant-give-him-what-he-wants/
He would not be happy with anything that did not basically publish his press release in its entirety word for word, quote for quote, said Graff, who spent nearly three decades reporting in Vermont for the AP.
Back when Sanders held regular news conferences in Vermont its been a few years he typically refused to answer questions unrelated to his chosen topic of the day. Thats problematic for local reporters, who rarely have the opportunity to quiz the members of Congress they cover without spokespeople running interference.
At a 1985 forum on the media, the late Vermont political columnist Peter Freyne complained to Sanders, then the mayor of Burlington, that he had reneged on his promise to hold regular press conferences, pointing out that When asked a question you dont want to answer, you leave the room.
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SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
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JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)Would we?
Thanks for the laugh sid!
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SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
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JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)ROFL!!!!
I'm stealing that one bro!
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Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)the nomination.. he has burned too many bridges with the Democrats.. ( I am speaking of Iowa).. they are flocking to Warren and will not be back.. he was just a place holder till Warren stepped in.. and there was no way they were going to back him again after he did that number last time of playing at being a Democrat and then went Indy as soon as it was over..
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)It will be critical to our winning back the WH in Nov 2020.
Remember: "what about her emails"
I'll never forget!
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Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)you talk about the media doing a number on someone.. they would not even ask him a question.. but it is what it is..he was without a doubt the best to move the country forward.. in fact it scares me a little when Warren has a plan for everything because that was O'Malleys downfall.. he was bright.. have executive government experience and had a plan for everything and that just lost people.. they want simple words of comfort, and you will do something.. and I worked my backside off for HRH after that, but she suffered from the same syndrome.. too many words.. we are a twitter universe now.. and Sanders has the same problem.. it is not the fault of the media.. it is the changing attention spans of the voters..
And now with Sanders complaining they are calling him Trump light.. he does not want that stuck to him.. he has to change how he does this.. Biden is so old, he is new again.. he gaffes and people know he is going to do it.. and it is endearing to them because they know his heart and what he has accomplished..
Blame it on the team he picked.. They are the worst.. they are the snobs who know better than anyone else what we need.. and it irritates the hell out of people.
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SouthernProgressive
(1,810 posts)Since it's inception in 2007. Hmmmm. I think this is influenced by the one percent.
Just kidding. I'm not that much of a simpleton.
That is the exact argument being made by authoritarian populists as they promote articles and institutions propped up by the one percent.
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Gothmog
(145,427 posts)Senator Warren has just as liberal or even more liberal platform compared to sanders and she is not being hurt in the polls or getting bad press coverage
Link to tweet
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NYMinute
(3,256 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden