Don't waste time and energy blaming the Media. Those national
networks are merely obeying their Master's commands. What I can't
understand is why people feel they have to watch the Networks, and
then they bitch about the bias of the Media.
Notice how Hillary seems to be the only Democrat in the running? And
the 3 ring side show that demonstrates that any madman can run for the
Republican nomination, is the laughing stock of the entire world.
Frankly, I am highly insulted by an industry that thinks I'm so addle
minded that I must be entertained by the News. I refuse to allow
those bastards into my living room. I do watch Thom Hartman on RT TV,
and listen to Democracy Now each morning. I lean to the Right and
listen to some NPR in order to pick up the local news reports. But
even NPR is sounding more and more like their big network brothers and
sisters.
Finally, that Circus called a Debate is so embarrassing that I can not
sit still. I blush seven shades of red and tune it off before I slam
something into my TV. If I'm going to be treated like a stupid child,
at least I will watch something that is harmless and fun. So I tune
in on, The Voice and cheered Jordon Smith as he became the Voice for
2015. I went to bed in a cheery mood. Sure, the world is still
sliding toward the brink, but at least I slept and dreamed sweet
dreams.
Sometimes we just need to take care of our own needs.
Carl Jarvis
On 12/14/15, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
As Trump Surges, New Polls Underscore Corporate Media's 'Bernie Blackout'
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/as_trump_surges_new_polls_underscore_cor
porate_medias_bernie_20151213/
Posted on Dec 13, 2015
By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaking in November.
(Crush Rush / Shutterstock)
New Wall Street Journal/ NBC News polling numbers out Sunday showed that
Donald Trump continues to lead the wide and varied Republican presidential
field and-despite increasingly inflammatory rhetoric-reached a new high
with
27 percent support.
The latest survey comes on the heels of an analysis by the Tyndall Report
which that showed that media coverage of Donald Trump eclipses that of all
his rivals from both parties.
According to the study of nightly news programs on NBC, CBS and ABC, Trump
has received more network coverage than all the Democratic candidates
combined and accounts for 27 percent of all campaign coverage thus far.
What's more, there appears to be a concerted "blackout" of news about
Bernie
Sanders, despite similar voter support.
As Eric Boehlert at Media Matters for America pointed out this week, "The
network newscasts are wildly overplaying Trump, who regularly attracts
between 20-30 percent of primary voter support, while at the same time
wildly underplaying Sanders, who regularly attracts between 20-30 percent
of
primary voter support."
In fact, ABC World News Tonight devoted a total 81 minutes this year to
Donald Trump's campaign and just about 20 seconds to Sanders' candidacy-a
ratio of 81:1 which Boehlert calls a "stunning revelation."This comes
despite the fact that a recent poll found that Sanders would beat Trump by
eight points in the general election.
In a campaign statement, Sanders' campaign manager Jeff Weavers said that
media channels were ignoring the progressive candidate because his campaign
is an affront to the corporate-dominated system.
"The corporately-owned media may not like Bernie's anti-establishment views
but for the sake of American democracy they must allow for a fair debate in
this presidential campaign," Weavers said. "Bernie must receive the same
level of coverage on the nightly news as other leading candidates."
The campaign has even begun a petition calling on corporate-owned channels
to "start covering Bernie."
Commenting on the stark divide on Sunday, columnist Juan Cole suggests that
with Trump's anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant messaging propelling some
followers to take drastic action, the corporate media may be posing a
"danger to society."
Cole writes:
What better for corporate news. You pretend there isn't a candidate in the
race addressing growing economic inequality or the woes of the working
class. You put all the spotlight on someone who insults and even incites
against Mexican-Americans, African-Americans and Muslim-Americans. It is a
tried and true tactic of the American business class to keep the workers
and
middle class divided by playing up minor ethnic issues. The end result,
however, is fire-bombing of mosques and attacks on minorities and other
white hood phenomena familiar from past epochs of American history.
For his part, the Senator from Vermont continues to lead Democratic
frontrunner Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire with 50 percent of likely
Democratic voters in the state, compared with her 40 percent, according to
the latest CNN/WMUR tally. Meanwhile, a Fox News survey released on Sunday
found Clinton beats Sanders in Iowa 50 to 36 percent.
http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/
As Trump Surges, New Polls Underscore Corporate Media's 'Bernie Blackout'
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/as_trump_surges_new_polls_underscore_cor
porate_medias_bernie_20151213/
Posted on Dec 13, 2015
By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaking in November.
(Crush Rush / Shutterstock)
New Wall Street Journal/ NBC News polling numbers out Sunday showed that
Donald Trump continues to lead the wide and varied Republican presidential
field and-despite increasingly inflammatory rhetoric-reached a new high
with
27 percent support.
The latest survey comes on the heels of an analysis by the Tyndall Report
which that showed that media coverage of Donald Trump eclipses that of all
his rivals from both parties.
According to the study of nightly news programs on NBC, CBS and ABC, Trump
has received more network coverage than all the Democratic candidates
combined and accounts for 27 percent of all campaign coverage thus far.
What's more, there appears to be a concerted "blackout" of news about
Bernie
Sanders, despite similar voter support.
As Eric Boehlert at Media Matters for America pointed out this week, "The
network newscasts are wildly overplaying Trump, who regularly attracts
between 20-30 percent of primary voter support, while at the same time
wildly underplaying Sanders, who regularly attracts between 20-30 percent
of
primary voter support."
In fact, ABC World News Tonight devoted a total 81 minutes this year to
Donald Trump's campaign and just about 20 seconds to Sanders' candidacy-a
ratio of 81:1 which Boehlert calls a "stunning revelation."This comes
despite the fact that a recent poll found that Sanders would beat Trump by
eight points in the general election.
In a campaign statement, Sanders' campaign manager Jeff Weavers said that
media channels were ignoring the progressive candidate because his campaign
is an affront to the corporate-dominated system.
"The corporately-owned media may not like Bernie's anti-establishment views
but for the sake of American democracy they must allow for a fair debate in
this presidential campaign," Weavers said. "Bernie must receive the same
level of coverage on the nightly news as other leading candidates."
The campaign has even begun a petition calling on corporate-owned channels
to "start covering Bernie."
Commenting on the stark divide on Sunday, columnist Juan Cole suggests that
with Trump's anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant messaging propelling some
followers to take drastic action, the corporate media may be posing a
"danger to society."
Cole writes:
What better for corporate news. You pretend there isn't a candidate in the
race addressing growing economic inequality or the woes of the working
class. You put all the spotlight on someone who insults and even incites
against Mexican-Americans, African-Americans and Muslim-Americans. It is a
tried and true tactic of the American business class to keep the workers
and
middle class divided by playing up minor ethnic issues. The end result,
however, is fire-bombing of mosques and attacks on minorities and other
white hood phenomena familiar from past epochs of American history.
For his part, the Senator from Vermont continues to lead Democratic
frontrunner Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire with 50 percent of likely
Democratic voters in the state, compared with her 40 percent, according to
the latest CNN/WMUR tally. Meanwhile, a Fox News survey released on Sunday
found Clinton beats Sanders in Iowa 50 to 36 percent.
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