Bernie Sanders Echoes Trump In Washington Post Feud

[TomCADem]

Once again, Bernie is repeating Trump's talking points.

[comradebillyboy]

1. Sanders walks back suggestion Bezos meddled in Washington Post coverage

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/13/bernie-sanders-bezos-washington-post-1461360

[George II]

5. If he said it already, walking it back doesn't mean he wasn't thinking it anyway....

....that's not the first time he said things about that regarding the Washington Post / Amazon.

When does he stop selling his merchandise on Amazon?

[TomCADem]

10. Sanders campaign: Media 'find Bernie annoying, discount his seriousness'

Sanders walking back his accusations would seem more sincere if he did not make it a feature of his campaign to attack the media for being unfair, which is also a common Trump tactic. Do we really want a liberal version of Trump?

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/15/bernie-sanders-campaign-media-reject-1415832

His staff is unusually vocal in calling out coverage they dislike, fueling frustration once again among the senator’s supporters about whether he’s getting a fair shot at the White House.

If Bernie Sanders’ team had its way, every reporter covering the Vermont senator would put out a tweet disclosing their unvarnished, personal feelings about the candidate. It’s not going to happen, but campaign manager Faiz Shakir thinks he knows what it would reveal anyway.

"This isn't intended to be a sweeping generalization of all journalists,” he told POLITICO, “but there are a healthy number who just find Bernie annoying, discount his seriousness, and wish his supporters and movement would just go away.”

In the 2016 Democratic primary, Sanders’ complaint about the media was that he was ignored, especially early in the campaign, while a phalanx of reporters trailed Hillary Clinton and cable networks turned live to Donald Trump’s raucous rallies.

[Cha]

15. Yeah, that wasn't too smart.

"Contrary to the conspiracy theory the senator seems to favor, Jeff Bezos allows our newsroom to operate with full independence, as our reporters and editors can attest,"

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=237821

[SunSeeker]

2. Not helping, Bernie. nt

[Princetonian]

3. I have seen folks echo Trump's "Sleepy Joe" w/little protest & OPs full of ageist bigotry about Joe.

Karl Rove would chuckle too if he saw how much Attack the Messenger was used reflexively to avoid acknowledging the facts.

Link to tweet

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[George II]

4. Any Democrats or Democratic candidates echo trump's "Sleepy Joe"?

[Princetonian]

6. No Democrat should be using "Sleepy Joe" against Joe or "Pocohontas" against Elizabeth.

I have seen both said here.

Link to tweet

[TwilightZone]

8. That's what the alert system is for.

Alert on the posts and let the juries take care of them.

[Princetonian]

13. I have done that.

Thanks.

[George II]

9. I haven't seen either here, maybe you're mixing up your sites?

[Princetonian]

12. That's a nasty comment. Why did you say that to me?

Do you think that is funny? So you haven't seen it but I and others have means what? Are you all knowing? Obviously not.

Link to tweet

[LanternWaste]

21. You'll point us towards those posts you allege, yes?

Doing so doesn't require one to be 'all-knowing', merely honest and accurate.

[cwydro]

18. I haven't seen that here at all.

Pretty sure that kind of thing would be removed immediately.

[Cha]

20. I haven't seen them, either.

[DesertRat]

19. I've never seen those insults against fellow Dems here

They must have been hidden before I saw them.

[NurseJackie]

7. Not the type of thing I'm looking for in a president.

We deserve better.

[betsuni]

11. If the WaPo runs negative Bernie articles because of Jeff Bezos (corporatist),

why would it also run negative Trump (corporatist) articles? I don't get it.

[Eric J in MN]

14. If someone says that coverage of Hillary Clinton is sexist

...it doesn't mean that the person is repeating Trump because they're both criticizing the media.

Media criticism can be good or bad.

Media criticism existed before Trump and it will exist after Trump.

[ehrnst]

16. No kidding. (nt)

[SouthernProgressive]

17. Sanders echoes Trump regularly.

From his scolding of the media, to creating his own media outlet, to comparing Democrats to terrorists.

This is exactly who Sanders is.

[NYMinute]

22. Sometimes I feel that they have the same supporters nt