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"Bernie Sanders Slaps the Press Silly"
Bernie Sanders Slaps the Press Silly
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The inevitable attempt to get him to slam Hillary, and now familiar slap down of THEM by Bernie instead:
What does Bernie Sanders think of the media’s performance so far this campaign? Barely adequate. The huge speaking fees Bill and Hillary Clinton have accepted? Wrong question, he says; you should be asking why anyone pays them. How about primary debates? Sanders says the entire system should be redesigned to bring Republicans on stage with Democrats.
Schooling the press again on their non-news reporting of Presidential Candidates:
Clinton has yet to put herself in the situation that Sanders eagerly embraced Thursday morning, as he engaged in a frank give-and-take with reporters over breakfast. He delivered some lines it would be hard to imagine Clinton ever uttering — not because they reflected his socialist outlook, but because they were so blunt.
“Campaigns are not baseball games,” Sanders scolded. “What did I read in the paper today? Gov. Bush is getting a new campaign manager. You know who cares about that? About eight people in the world. Nobody cares about that.”
“Campaigns are not baseball games,” Sanders scolded. “What did I read in the paper today? Gov. Bush is getting a new campaign manager. You know who cares about that? About eight people in the world. Nobody cares about that.”
Admonishing them for their use of the word 'socialist' when referring to him, suggesting they should then use the word 'capitalist' to describe the rest of the field:
Sanders went on to express irritation with the way journalists slap the "socialist" label on him, as if his embrace of policies common in the democracies of western Europe makes him a radical outlier.
“It is not a radical agenda,” he said. “In virtually every instance, what I am saying is supported by a significant majority of the American people. Yes, it is not supported by the Business Roundtable or the Chamber of Commerce or Wall Street. I maybe old-fashioned enough to believe that Congress might want to be representing a vast majority of our people … and not just the Koch brothers and other campaign contributors.”
He suggested that if the media are going to refer to him as a socialist, journalists also should affix the label of “capitalist” with every mention of his rivals.
“It is not a radical agenda,” he said. “In virtually every instance, what I am saying is supported by a significant majority of the American people. Yes, it is not supported by the Business Roundtable or the Chamber of Commerce or Wall Street. I maybe old-fashioned enough to believe that Congress might want to be representing a vast majority of our people … and not just the Koch brothers and other campaign contributors.”
He suggested that if the media are going to refer to him as a socialist, journalists also should affix the label of “capitalist” with every mention of his rivals.
Still refusing to take their bait regarding Hillary, but they just don't learn.
Watching him trying to teach the press their job is a beautiful thing to watch. He simply won't play by the 'inside the beltway rules' they operate under.
From now on, I believe we should follow his advice, and when referring to people like, say Gutierrez, the poor guy who KNEW ALL ABOUT BERNIE'S politics, 'the Socialist, what's-his-name' guy, but didn't know who he was, except he did, we should refer to him as the the Capitalist.
Great idea Bernie.
What they don't GET is that the word Capitalist now is the dirty word to many Americans, and to young people who have suffered and are suffering under that system, the words Socialist Democrat is becoming more and more popular.
So refreshing to watch a politician not RUN from the press, or play along as they are expected to do, but bluntly tell them what a failure they are to their faces and ENJOY doing it
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GO Bernie GO!!!
a pair of smoking shoes. 
Just my 2 cents.
I love if his quip that if the media are going to refer to him as a socialist, journalists also should affix the label of “capitalist” with every mention of his rivals.
