Why is the press so opposed to Bernie.

[JDPriestly]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1280148402#post43

This on top of the Washington Post's clearly pro-Hillary stance.

This on top of MSNBC's clearly pro-Hillary stance.

This on top of the fact that virtually no media favors Bernie.

Bernie's proposals are not that extreme.

So why is the media, virtually all of it so pro-Hillary and so anti-Bernie?

I'm pretty good at figuring things out. I have gotten scores of 99% on arithmetic reasoning tests all of my life, and here is my THEORY. iT'S JUST A THEORY, BUT IT IS PRETTY GOOD.

N E T N E U T R A L I T Y



The bias is very clear and universal, and it is the only issue I can think of on which Hillary could be bought and sold. Whatever she says about net neutrality, forget it. What other issue could the press find so important that they would risk their reputations for fairness on it.

Because if there is one thing certain, in this primary contest, the press has been supremely and extremely unfair to Bernie.

Your comments please. What else could it be?

Hillary is a lousy speaker. She doesn't hold a lot of rallies for that reason. She is competent and has some experience. But she is in no way as good as Bernie. Not as competent, not as experienced.

The press has something more at stake here. I can only think of net neutrality. Some of the spokespeople for the press genuinely like Hillary.

But think of how quickly Bernie's best supporter in the press, ED SCHULTZ, disappeared from MSNBC.

Please consider this fairly.

[gcomeau]

1. Who signs their paychecks?

Not a complicated answer.

[n2doc]

2. $$$

Press knows the Clintons are vindictive and hold grudges. Therefore they don't want to piss them off and lose their access, which pays the bills.

Now Pundits, there is a different story. They are true believers in the Third Way.

[ghostsinthemachine]

3. Look at the ownership of the "Press".. Buncha corporatists....

WAPO by Bezos the Amazon guy who is doing everything possible to ruin the country.

The rest of them? owned, lock stock and barrel by the 7 corporations that own everything. Media consolidation at work.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. You could well be right.

I don't know, and I'm lousy at any sort of arithmetic reasoning of any sort!

[Rebkeh]

5. The people that run the press are part of the oligarchy

They don't want anyone that threatens the established status quo.

They fear change, I don't think it's much more complicated than that.

[Jenny_92808]

9. You got that right

Mainstream Media has met its maker

[Land of Enchantment]

6. I remember watching Howard

Dean (yes, I know he has become a lobbyist and supports H as a SD) on Chris Matthews Campus Town Hall back in 2004 and I knew it was over for Dean. Tweety asked a question about going after the big corporations and Howard blabbered something to the effect of, " OH YEAH, I'M GOING TO TAKE THEM DOWNNNNNN" and my stomach turned to stone, it felt like an elephant had sat down on my chest and it sucked all the air out of the room. A couple of days later we had 'The Dean Scream' running a 24/7 relentless loop on every channel.

That was NOT a coincidence, it was only the beginning. The big corporations have spent fortunes buying the power and control they currently hold and it WILL take a revolution to change it.

[abelenkpe]

7. Certainly net neutrality is on the agenda

For media corporations. Protest would be quite difficult and all messaging easier to control. That's the end game for every corporation though cornering ones market. All industry has consolidated enormously over the past twenty years. Especially media. No matter who wins there will be media corporations attacking net neutrality. Endlessly

[in_cog_ni_to]

8. Simply put - they're all millionaires, they don't want the Fairness Doctrine renewed and their

Corrupt Corporate Owners don't want their tax loopholes closed. It all boils down to greed/money...to hell with the country.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[deepestblue]

10. And lets not forget the Telecommunications Act of 1996 n/t

[Ivan Kaputski]

11. They are the talking heads of the oligarchy, enemies of the people.