Bernie is not my first choice or second but boy does he have a media problem.
Chris Matthews compared him to France' fall to the Nazis today. He really dislikes Bernie and has let it be known to all. ( He also couldn't stand Hillary when he was running against Obama.
James Carville is really upset about Bernie winning too. Really upset.
Sanders’ spokesman Mike Casca tweeted after the segment with Matthews today that he “never thought part of my job would be pleading with a national news network Sto stop likening the campaign of a jewish presidential candidate whose family was wiped out by the nazis to the third reich. but here we are.”
I have no problem with media coverage of any issues regarding Bernie and his past (We should know about this with all candidates) but this is a bit much.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-matthews-bernie-sanders_n_5e51ad62c5b629695f5b64d7
I am right there with you, it's as if we're sharing a brain.
Sorry it took so long to offer you a supportive reply, but I'm so depressed and despondent right now that I'm not posting as much so as not to bring others down.
Suffice to say that between greed, fascism and out of sight out of mind, I have little to no hope that things will be righted in my lifetime.
@lovendures Watch fo Mathews to walk back what he said. It was pretty outrageous. I expect he'll have to apologize this week. As for Carville, on the night of the 2018 midterms he was on TV freaking out that the dems blew it, meanwhile they took the House by the biggest margins since Watergate. I would trust his prognostications. Plus, his claim to fame, getting Bill Clinton elected, happened 30 years ago.
Bernie isn't my #1 (though he has my vote!), but these folks are really out of touch, and the freakout we're hearing is from the moderate wing of the democratic party, which frankly, hasn't been too great for quite a while.
By the way, while I was trying to type that Bernie "has my vote" in the paragraph above, autocorrect inserted the phrase "thought crimes" instead!?? I've had some similar things happening with my iPhone autocorrect. Bizarre.
What I don't like is the media is claiming that if Bernie is the candidate, then the dems would lose the house and the senate in November, because some of those up for reelection are in typically red congressional districts that won in 2018, but if folks think giving Bernie too much power that we'd end up "socialist".
I would be a happy camper to have Bernie or Elizabeth especially in office. Happy only if we keep the house and possibly get the senate too. My husband is afraid of what the media is saying too. Not sure how to respond to him or even in my head since I have to think about it, but wondering what, you all think or see about that. The weird thing Is I'm trying to see Bernie as POTUS but I keep not seeing that, even though it's what seems to be playing out. Just not sure my antenna are screwed on right this week since I really did think I saw Barr resigning, even though it looks (for now) that he's staying.
I also keep feeling Trump will either be gone or neutered some how. Which will change the landscape.
Re; Bernie: The mainstream media (eg WAPO, Boston Globe, NYT) has always been anti-Bernei. Why? because in spite of being centrist (they only seem left leaning since the country has gone off the rails to the right), they are backed by corporate interests and those interests do not want a candidate who doesn't capitulate to corporate interests.
FAIR, a DC-based publication whose name stands for Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting, is dedicated to calling out bias in reporting. My spouse, a journalist by training, has subscribed to FAIR for over 30 years. They've pointed out the bias against Bernie all along. Here's their latest update: Corporate Media are the Real Sanders Attack Machine.
FAIR helps you to see bias in media. Columbia Journalism Review is another. All that media buzz about how Bernie is unelectable, Bernie is too sick to run, all that Bernie dissing -- is spread by corporate media. They do not want Bernie to win. Together with the DNC, they kept Bernie back in 2016 and now they are doing it again. Yet he was the one candidate that could have beaten Trump in 2016. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez has backed Bernie.
What I don't like is the media is claiming that if Bernie is the candidate, then the dems would lose the house and the senate in November, because some of those up for reelection are in typically red congressional districts that won in 2018, but if folks think giving Bernie too much power that we'd end up "socialist".
I would be a happy camper to have Bernie or Elizabeth especially in office. Happy only if we keep the house and possibly get the senate too. My husband is afraid of what the media is saying too. Not sure how to respond to him or even in my head since I have to think about it, but wondering what, you all think or see about that. The weird thing Is I'm trying to see Bernie as POTUS but I keep not seeing that, even though it's what seems to be playing out. Just not sure my antenna are screwed on right this week since I really did think I saw Barr resigning, even though it looks (for now) that he's staying.
I also keep feeling Trump will either be gone or neutered some how. Which will change the landscape.
For quite some while (since before the Iowa caucus) I've been feeling/seeing Bernie take off with the nomination... However, the automatic writing I did for election night indicated that it would be DT vs. Buttigieg, which I haven't been able to square with my feelings. Finally, I asked for more insight and received what I feel is an answer. Bernie is going to take off with the nomination, but, unfortunately in May, something is going to happen that will have him withdraw (It feels like falling off a cliff actually). I think the result will be (so close to the convention) that Buttigieg and someone else (Warren is what I'm feeling) form a Unity ticket.
I also asked for more insight into Trump and what I feel is a major health event coming that will hobble him. I got that it will be in September and will throw the whole Republican side into chaos.
Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) is also a reliable source for finding media bias, has been writing about anti-Bernie media bias for some time. https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/bernie_sanders_media_new_hampshire.php
Even the satirical independent publication The Onion made a joke about the anti-Bernie media bias with a headline from The Onion: “MSNBC Poll Finds Support For Bernie Sanders has plummeted two points up.”
I suggest people be aware of how extensive the media bias is before forming an opinion, lest we become manipulated by corporate media.
@triciact You just described my day, doldrums and headache all day, and took a long walk. I re-watched the debate today.
Sanders's victory has spooked me even though I agree with so much he stands for. My mind likes him but my gut is quite troubled by him. Elizabeth is my number 1.
I sense there will be surprises and even shocks before Nov.
But now, I want to look away and do some self care. Something feels so bad, like a huge smog cloud descending.
Now that is something! You posted pretty much what I told my husband all along. I have felt like when I did the Nov 11, 2019 Read the Future night, I kept seeing a man on the podium and Elizabeth Warren too. I couldn't get who the man was though, but I did see Liz. It was confusing. I wondered if Bernie would even agree to be her VP. Then I heard someone say that maybe Bernie hands the reign to Liz because of something that happens down the road. That rang true to me so I told my husband what I thought. He thinks I'm wrong, but then again he is not a Bernie or Liz fan. (he likes Amy).
What folks like my husband (moderates) keep saying to me is that they are scared that if Bernie gets elected that the dems will lose the house and senate seats of those in Red districts that we won last time in 2018 and need to capture in the senate. That is the one point I don't know what to say to them to make them realize that it's not so, since I don't feel they are right. I'm just wondering what to say to them since I can't use our psychic visions as an explanation. If you or someone has something good to suggest as a response I'm all ears!
I got a strong feeling about what you said Frank. We shall see.