New York Times busted for anti-Bernie bias: The Clinton-endorsing newspaper edits Bernie articles
New York Times busted for anti-Bernie bias: The iconic, Clinton-endorsing newspaper slyly edits article to smear Sanders
As the media is slammed for anti-Sanders bias, the NYT changes a piece on Bernie's impressive legislative record
Media critics have for months blown the whistle on bias against Bernie Sanders. Progressive media watchdog FAIR has thoroughly documented how slanted the U.S. corporate media has been in favor of Wall Street-backed, corporate-friendly candidates like Hillary Clinton.
Studies have even shown that Donald Trump gets 23 times as much coverage as Sanders, even though the Vermont senator is more popular among Americans.
A case study in how this media bias works was exposed this week, in none other than the U.S. newspaper of record.
An anonymous user on the blogging website Medium revealed how the New York Times substantially edited an article about Sanders’ long history of legislative victories, excising the more positive facts and comments.
The Times — which has publicly endorsed Hillary Clinton — published an article by reporter Jennifer Steinhauer on Monday titled “Bernie Sanders Scored Victories for Years via Legislative Side Doors.”
At least this was the original headline; it would later be changed to the harsher “Via Legislative Side Doors, Bernie Sanders Won Modest Victories.” (The piece was also published in the print edition of the Times on Tuesday with the tepid headline “Sanders’s Roster of Modest Wins.”)
The website NewsDiffs tracks changes in articles in prominent media outlets. The following shows the times of the changes in the headline:
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/16/new_york_times_busted_for_anti_bernie_bias_the_iconic_clinton_endorsing_newspaper_slyly_edits_article_to_smear_sanders/
Well ain't that a kick in the head!!!!