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ABC, CBS, And NBC News Made An Intentional Decision To Ignore Bernie Sanders

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An analysis of network television news coverage reveals what supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders have long suspected; the three broadcast television networks are intentionally ignoring the Sanders campaign.

Eric Boehlert of Media Matters has the revealing details:

So in terms of stand-alone campaign stories this year, it’s been 234 minutes for Trump, compared to 10 minutes for Sanders. And at ABC World News Tonight, it’s been 81 minutes for Trump and less than one minute for Sanders.

Bernie Sanders polls equal to or better than Donald Trump in every single poll, but the corporate owned network news divisions have given Trump nearly 30 times more airtime than Sanders. These same broadcast networks also spent nearly the same amount of time covering the bogus Republican email scandal as they did discussing Hillary Clinton’s campaign, so it’s not as if the networks are anti-Sanders and pro-Clinton.

The corporate owned profit first network news divisions have made the editorial decision that they are going to lavish airtime upon the presidential candidate who most fits their corporate owners’ ideology.

The networks are ignoring Bernie Sanders because his anti-corporate message is dangerous to their well being. The broadcast and cable networks both have a habit of ignoring stories that can hurt their bosses’ bottom lines.

Sen. Sanders is trying to inform the electorate, but the broadcast networks would rather focus on keeping voters ignorant by focusing on Trump.

Donald Trump is the perfect corporate media candidate. The mainstream press has decided that has to be entertaining and turn a profit. Trump is an entertainer who is masquerading as a presidential candidate. Trump has turned the Republican primary into his own reality show.

Sen. Sanders has consistently criticized the media for their coverage of the election. In August, Sanders said, “I want you to talk about and force discussion about climate change. Do you think you do that enough? I would like you to force discussion of poverty in America. I have talked over and over and over again that 51 percent of African-American kids are unemployed or underemployed. You think that’s an important issue? I do. Are you going to discuss it?”

The data shows that the corporate media is not going to give any coverage to Sanders or the issues.

Bernie Sanders is a huge threat to the corporate media, which is why they are ignoring his campaign.
 
Star said:
Sanders is boring compared to Trump. Sanders is like an Old Grandpa who says wise things
Sanders would be a Good President if he gets the Votes
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He gets votes. But that doesn't matter when you have super delegates. Hilary won the primary in states where she's going to lose in the general. Good stuff.
 
Ok. Now we have something substantive to attach to his lackluster numbers across the south.. Further interesting that his narrow win in Michigan came a day after he performed well in a debate in that state. Which points to him actually doing well when given equal air time and a wide platform.
 
Amajorfucup said:
Ok. Now we have something substantive to attach to his lackluster numbers across the south.. Further interesting that his narrow win in Michigan came a day after he performed well in a debate in that state. Which points to him actually doing well when given equal air time and a wide platform.
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They're off the hook. Can't expect them ALL to be informed about all the issues and politics if the standard mode that we digest our politics never has him on them. That's just the truth.
I apologize for the remarks I made about southern voters.
People in their 40's and up in large still don't depend on the internet as their source for the news.
 
Amajorfucup said:
Ok. Now we have something substantive to attach to his lackluster numbers across the south.. Further interesting that his narrow win in Michigan came a day after he performed well in a debate in that state. Which points to him actually doing well when given equal air time and a wide platform.
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Hillary is the equivalent to passing a mofo the ball under the basket by themselves and they still miss lol

She needs help.. Bitch can't even handle Bernie by herself
 
Did Bernie get more minutes than Kasich? Or does that not matter if the answer doesn't forward your pre-established narrative? :puzzled:
 
The article is shaky. I'm saying that because it's comparing Sanders to Trump. Now it's a fact that Trump has been getting the lion share of TV minutes and no one is getting more. But why doesn't the article compare Sanders to Clinton, Cruz and Rubio?
 
It ain't the media that is deciding that Black people vote for Clinton at a 90% clip, state by state in the south.
 
Star said:
Sanders is boring compared to Trump. Sanders is like an Old Grandpa who says wise things
Sanders would be a Good President if he gets the Votes
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Totally true... but not right at all.

Corporate media only cares about money so there's very little news and mainly entertainment. That's not right. But that's the truth and it explains a lot about this country.

Even when people try to be engaged and learn what's going on, the media is feeding them bullshit. :smh:
 
To be clear, you guys, this story is from December. So the numbers aren't accurate any more. But the overall trend still applies.

By August, Trump had gotten about 10x the coverage of all the other Republican candidates combined. There were 17 candidates at that time.

And look at this bullshit from just Tuesday night.

Networks refuse to dump Trump for Hillary
William Cummings, USA TODAY8:36 a.m. EST March 9, 2016

If a presidential candidate gives a victory speech and none of the networks air it live, does it make an impact?

All of the major networks and cable news outlets stayed glued to Donald Trump as he gave a rambling victory speech — which also featured pitches for Trump brand steaks and wine — even after the Democratic front-runner, Hillary Clinton, took the stage to address her supporters in Cleveland.

The slight did not go unnoticed in the Twitterverse:









NPR noted that Clinton and Trump were both speaking — and referencing each other no less.



MSNBC tried to make up for it by airing Clinton's speech on delay. Tweeters were not impressed.






Networks Didn't Cut From Donald Trump's Speech Once To Air Hillary Clinton
Instead, America got to watch Trump promote his line of steaks.

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton gave a stump speech Tuesday night, but chances are you didn't see it, since none of the major TV networks covered it. They were all glued to GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump's rambling speech/press conference/self-promotional event happening at the same time.

Clinton's speech was pretty boring, to be sure. It didn't have the rowdy feel that's so characteristic of Trump's events. Clinton, speaking in Ohio, talked through policy issues that matter to this crowd: Her vote for the auto bailout. Her vow to go after companies that ship jobs overseas while claiming U.S. tax breaks. Her fight for quality child care.

But if you wanted to see her event, and not stay up past 10 p.m. searching for a replay, the only way to watch was on CSPAN. The cable news networks -- MSNBC, CNN, Fox Business Network and Fox News -- all stuck with Trump talking at length about his financial successes, taking shots at Marco Rubio ("Little Marco") and Ted Cruz ("Lyin Ted"), insulting reporters while taking questions from them, and promoting Trump-branded steaks, wine, magazines, golf courses, vodka and water.

MSNBC, for one, did replay Clinton's speech later.

CNN barely even mentioned Clinton's remarks and went right back to its panel of guests.

Fox News' Bret Baier noticed that none of the networks cut away for Clinton. He commented that his network "held on" Trump during her event. But Fox didn't replay Clinton's speech afterward, at least not immediately.
 
I didn't see these remarks get any mainstream coverage at all...

CBS CEO: “For Us, Economically, Donald’s Place in This Election Is a Good Thing”
Feb. 29 2016
Lee Fang, The Intercept

Les Moonves, the chief executive of CBS, celebrated Donald Trump’s candidacy for the second time on Monday, calling it “good for us economically.” Moonves, speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media, and Telecom Conference at the Park Hotel in San Francisco, described the “circus” of a presidential campaign and the flow of political advertising dollars, and stated that it “may not be good for America, but it’s damn good for CBS, that’s all I got to say.”

“So what can I say? The money’s rolling in, this is fun,” Moonves continued, observing that the debates had attracted record audiences.

The CBS media executive also riffed briefly about the type of campaign advertising spending produced by such a negative presidential campaign. “They’re not even talking about issues. They’re throwing bombs at each other and I think the advertising reflects that.” Moonves added, “I’ve never seen anything like this and this is going to be a very good year for us. … It’s a terrible thing to say, but bring it on, Donald, go ahead, keep going.”

Moonves made similar comments in December during an investor presentation, which we flagged for readers. “The more they spend, the better it is for us and: Go Donald! Keep getting out there!” Moonves said, commenting on the presidential race. In his comments earlier today, Moonves referenced the outcry over his previous remarks and said, “I’m not taking any sides.”



As we’ve previously reported, media corporations are set to be the big winner of the campaign season, as candidates and Super PACs are projected to spend a potential $5 billion overall. Much of that money will go to television, internet, and radio commercials, enriching companies like CBS, Comcast, Time Warner, Media General, and the Tribune Company.

The media industry is in many ways complicit in this state of affairs. Media businesses have lobbied over the years to block a variety of campaign finance reform efforts, from better disclosure for advertisement sponsors to a bipartisan proposal to give candidates free airtime.

In 2012, Moonves memorably said: “Super PACs may be bad for America, but they’re very good for CBS.” In a conference call last February, he was even more bullish, telling investors, “Looking ahead, the 2016 presidential election is right around the corner, and, thank God, the rancor has already begun.”
 
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Hillary Clinton == The establishment candidate
ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC == Are also part of the establishment
They are partly owned by large corporations, like Time Warner
Mainstream media is CLEARLY biased towards Hillary
They want things to stay the same
And Hillary as president will keep their corporate profit margins large
 
Media like the Trump story as a joke at first. A lot of the attention was spent trying to derail his campaign. Now they forced to cover because that's what's getting the ratings.

Media did the same with Sanders. Any coverage he got was stating how he had no chance.

As bad as the TV media is, the Internet can be worse. Opinion pieces masquerading as news are all over the Internet. It's where everyone gets this 'what Sanders wants can't be done' horseshit. :eek: Hey dumb asses, vote for more than just the president and shit CAN get done!!!!

All these people can update their social media pages and look at porn, but they can't get info on politics unless it's spoonfed to them. I despise the average voter.
 

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