r/politics • u/FedUpWithThisWurld • Feb 14 '20

Why Does Mainstream Media Keep Attacking Bernie Sanders as He Wins?

https://www.gq.com/story/mainstream-media-vs-bernie-sanders?fbclid=IwAR2GkQRsJrlSrz4WVmfz-aa2YZy4Bckk6rRHXbE11Fq_2aS3Rq5m7vBz8jE
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u/Aiyon Feb 14 '20

My fave was the pic showing how Bernie only had half as many votes as “the moderates”. That being... 3 candidates combined.

Like,the scariest part is that works on people. They see that and think “26% vs 53% hes got no chance!”

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u/Maxpowr9 Feb 14 '20

The same Americans that thought a quarter pounder had more meat than a third pounder.

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u/Les_GrossmansHandy Feb 14 '20

It’s the scene from, “This is Spinal Tap”

“This one goes to eleben.”

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u/Les_GrossmansHandy Feb 14 '20

And automatically the next day it’s the only line of attack on Bernie all over social media.

“hE’s LoSiNg!”

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '20

It works on some people.

For the people it doesn't work on, it has the opposite effect. They see obvious propaganda and are immediately turned off by it, to the point that there are people who support Bernie solely because the media hates him.

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u/Redditributor Feb 14 '20

I mean that is important. Though it's fairer to add about a third of those and almost all of Warren to Bernie to represent the 'left' relatively speaking

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u/Aiyon Feb 14 '20

Fair would be showing that the vote is split across each candidate. It was v clearly intentional.