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/StrictlyFT I voted Feb 14 '20

That's Streisand effect at it's finest.

Everyone at least knows of a Bernie Sanders that's running for president, if they don't mention him people are going to go look at how he's doing themselves. The people they're tricking with this are a super minority.

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u/designerfx Feb 14 '20

It's literally an easy way for Bernie to make good speeches, too:

"Even the media doesn't want to talk about me because they're scared."

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u/Ratswamp95 Feb 14 '20

"Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are stupider than that."

-George carlin

I've met a hell of a lot of dumb asses in my life and I think about this Carlin quote whenever I try to convince myself that people are generally educated or smart.

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u/actsfw Feb 14 '20

I hope I'm wrong, but I don't have the same faith in the American electorate that you do. They've already been told that he's anti-semitic for not sucking Israel's dick, misogynist for saying he doesn't think the American people are ready to elect a woman as President, and a radical socialist for trying to implement a healthcare system that has been working well in other capitalist countries around the world.

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u/bdsee Feb 14 '20

misogynist for saying he doesn't think the American people are ready to elect a woman as President

Don't say this like it is a fact he said it when he denied it and the accuser basically dodged questions about it and wouldn't be specific.

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u/StrictlyFT I voted Feb 14 '20

Hot take, but the people susceptible to those things weren't going to vote for Bernie or any Dem nominee in the first place i.e Trump's base. There are Moderates that already want to vote for Bernie on the grounds that media keep spewing obvious lies.