The Washington Post demonstrates Bernie's points regarding the media. In their story yesterday you can see everything that’s wrong with (what should be) journalism these days. Story here:
Bernie Sanders shares something with Republicans: Bashing the media
Earlier in his presidential campaign, he accused news outlets of covering politics like a “soap opera” or “baseball game.’
And, ironically, that’s exactly what WaPo does in this “story.” Do they cover any substantial policy differences? No, they say things like this:
For Sanders, the complaints are more likely to be about the corporate giants who own news outlets. While those at his rallies lap up such critiques, experts say Sanders’s message is less likely to win over the more moderate Democrats he needs in order to catch Clinton.
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Dennis Goldford, a political science professor at Drake University, said other Democrats could see Sanders’s jabs “as a sign of weakness.”
“Typically, when you’re having trouble with your campaign, you attack the media,” Goldford said.
And then they end with this:
Goldford, the Drake professor, said Sanders bears some responsibility for drawing relatively less news coverage. The candidate often gives the same hour-long stump speech at his rallies, focused on income inequality and other issues impacting working-class voters, which provides little new material for reporters to write about.
“Look at the word ‘news,’ ” Goldford said. “The press wants to know what you have for us today that’s new.”
So speeches focusing on issues impacting working-class voters give reporters nothing to write about? Your bias is showing, WaPo. Surely you can do better than this.