Why the media dislike Andrew, Tulsi, Bernie and Marianne

[Uncle Joe]

(snip)

Now this may have been chalked up to a simple error if it seemingly weren’t part of a persistent pattern of ignoring Yang’s candidacy. One of Yang’s supporters, Scott Santens, has been keeping track of the apparent slights via Twitter: an MSNBC graphic with other candidates polling at 2 percent but not Yang, oddly unbalanced graphics that seem to include just enough candidates to get in the media favorites but exclude Yang. As Axios recently pointed out, Yang is sixth in the polling average yet 14th in terms of the number of articles written about his candidacy.

(snip)

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), who resigned from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in protest of its treatment of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and dares to challenge the bipartisan pro-war foreign policy consensus, has been smeared as “unpatriotic.” This despite the fact that she is an Iraq War veteran who, to this day, serves in the Hawaii Army National Guard. The Daily Beast published an absurd article titled “Tulsi Gabbard’s Campaign is Being Boosted By Putin Apologists” about how three of her donors, among tens of thousands, had tangential connections to Russia. NBC News published a piece on how Russian bots were boosting Gabbard’s campaign. It cited one expert, a group that reportedly faked Russian bot activity in an Alabama election.

(snip)

Marianne Williamson, an author and activist, is definitely off the beaten path for a candidate, but she is an incredibly accomplished woman, with seven New York Times bestsellers to her name and decades of activism under her belt. Perhaps it would be interesting to hear more of her thoughts on national healing and reconciliation rather than just casting her as a weirdo and mocking her for a tweet about the power of prayer, something to which many, if not most, Americans subscribe.

(snip)

Asian techies are supposed to develop the latest AI, not lead the revolution to put humanity first. Democratic female veterans are supposed to burnish the party’s hawkish cred, not doggedly pursue diplomacy and engagement and call out the American war machine. Spirituality is not supposed to be mixed with politics on the left, even though religion is fully weaponized by the right. And septuagenarian democratic socialists who are not fashionable in any way are not supposed to be rock stars with youths or be top-polling presidential contenders.

(snip)

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/460224-why-the-media-dislike-andrew-tulsi-bernie-and-marianne

[at140]

1. +Rec

[JudyM]

2. Sobering truth. This is our system as formed by the moguls.

We have more diversity than ever but it’s being curated.

[Devil Child]

8. Curated is an appropriate descriptor JudyM

[OilemFirchen]

3. They all are lizard people.

tl;dr

Did I get it right, though?

[George II]

4. Sour grapes, and I see the Hill article slips in that stretch of a rationalization....

....Washington Post's correct "three pinocchios" rating.

[Uncle Joe]

5. Pinocchio was a liar, whether you agree with the study's conclusion that Bernie cited or not

he wasn't lying.

[thesquanderer]

10. "Sour grapes"?

I don't see the connection. Am I missing something?

https://www.yourdictionary.com/sour-grapes

As for the WAPO article, yeah, beaten to death, and people will see what they want to see in it.

[Me.]

17. Having Read It

It strikes me, that though seemingly about 4 other candidates she manages to slip in 2, possibly three paragraphs, about the media bias against Sanders.

[Boomer]

7. Williamson is a fruitcake

It's impossible to take her seriously.

[NRaleighLiberal]

11. This. Woo woo. Jade egg territory.

[W_HAMILTON]

9. *cough cough*

Link to tweet

[comradebillyboy]

13. Oddly enough I haven't heard Biden whine about the Washington Post or

how Jeff Bezos doesn't like him. Joe is getting the front runner treatment and he seems to be dealing with it fairly well.

[Uncle Joe]

18. I believe entering the race, Biden had name recognition

Last edited Mon Sep 9, 2019, 06:44 PM - Edit history (1)

in the mid 90s and that by its' nature builds up a stronger political resistance (not immunity) to media criticism than a relatively unknown candidate.

Bernie has plentiful name recognition, however Andrew, Tulsi, and Marianne aren't nearly as well known to the American Public, having no or distorted coverage is far more damaging to their political chances.

[Owens]

12. Marianne & Tulsi

Marianne has been forced out of many companies because of poor management skills. Tulsi is DINO, she doesn't support impeachment proceedings and sides with dictators. I don't know enough about Yang, so no comment there.

[comradebillyboy]

14. Krystal Ball's analysis is risible. As usual. nt

[NurseJackie]

15. ...

[crazytown]

16. Breibart & FNC love Tulsi

Bannon & Tucker have got her number.