Has The Times Dismissed Bernie Sanders?
For The Times, Bernie Sanders’s entry into the presidential race was almost a nonevent. Although many candidates’ declarations were treated on the front page with considerable fanfare, Mr. Sanders’ was tucked inside the paper on page A21.
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Here’s my take: The Times has not ignored Mr. Sanders’ campaign by any means but it also hasn’t always taken it very seriously. The tone of some stories does seem regrettably dismissive, even mocking at times. Some of it is focused on the candidate’s age, appearance and style rather than what he has to say.
And then there’s the Trump factor. While it’s certainly realistic, and reflective of reasonable news judgment to give Mr. Sanders significantly less coverage than Mrs. Clinton, that’s not happening with another presidential long shot – Donald Trump – whose every utterance and dust-up seems to be breathlessly chronicled.
The Times’s executive editor, Dean Baquet, told me recently that he wants to focus more heavily on issue stories in the coming weeks and months. Candidates like Mr. Sanders – no matter how electable they prove to be – can and should be a part of that. Times readers are completely within their rights to expect and demand it.
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By MARGARET SULLIVAN
Public Editor's Journal
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Last night on CBS Nightly...talking polls...Hill falling to blah, blah, blah...Biden climbing to blah, blah, blah...and Sanders.
That was it...she didn't even say the number on screen, like it was too much work. 
It seems to be either a dismissal or a begrudging acknowledgement.
I guess we'll see how they spin the first debate, when he eats her lunch.
