An excellent article on how the latest smear campaign got started (on Bernie and immigration).

[mmonk]

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/how-latest-smear-campaign-against-bernie-sanders-collapsed-it-started

People don't come to the United States because as soon as they land on its shores, they are granted riches. Historically, they come here for access to jobs. When the jobs don't exist, they don't come here. During the Great Recession, both documented and undocumented immigration fell sharply. One of the practical results of the North American Free Trade Agreement was the collapse of the Mexican agricultural industry, which was flooded with highly subsidized agribusiness from the United States. What actually happened was that migration to the United States from Mexico dramatically increased, as workers tried to find new jobs to the north.

That's a level of nuance that may be lost on bloggers who were quick to criticize Sanders, but it's one that working people in America and abroad understand. For Vox, however, nuance may not be the most profitable. Moiz Syed, who works at Wikimedia, pointed out on Twitter that Matthews' hit piece on Sanders popped up alongside a sponsorship from Walmart.

[beam me up scottie]

1. "What's being lost in all of the sniping at Sanders is his actual record on immigration."

What's being lost in all of the sniping at Sanders is his actual record on immigration. Sanders is a son of a Polish Jewish migrant, and has spoken in favor of comprehensive immigration reform and ending detention quotas for undocumented immigrants. He vocally supported President Obama's immigration executive order and has called for going even further, such as including the parents of dreamers, putting him to the left of President Obama. Sanders voted in favor of 2013's comprehensive immigration reform bill, the primary piece of legislation immigrant advocates support. In 2003, he had a zero percent rating from the main anti-immigrant advocacy group, FAIR.

Despite all of this, it appears Sanders is being slammed for admitting a core truth about immigration in America: today, the corporate elite are advocates for more immigration not because they care about the hard-working families who risk everything to come here but because they absolutely do want workers to exploit for lower wages. The challenge for progressives is to be able to conduct a fair and humane immigration policy that defends human rights while not simply doing the bidding of Corporate America.

"I don’t think there’s any presidential candidate, none, who thinks we should open up the borders,” explained Sanders at the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce later this week.

That's a level of nuance that may be lost on bloggers who were quick to criticize Sanders, but it's one that working people in America and abroad understand. For Vox, however, nuance may not be the most profitable. Moiz Syed, who works at Wikimedia, pointed out on Twitter that Matthews' hit piece on Sanders popped up alongside a sponsorship from Walmart.

It's not being lost, it's being ignored and blatantly misrepresented here as well.

Kicked and highly recommended for trying to shine the light on the newest vile meme about Sanders.

[kcjohn1]

2. Smears

Against Sanders are top class. It is very organized and being done at very professional level. Its amazing that its coming from the "supposed" left. That tells you how much there is only one party in this country (business party) and it owns both factions.

[virtualobserver]

3. Mark Zuckerberg's group fwd.us was the first to criticize Bernie

It is a business-backed group that wants to increase guest worker programs pushed by big business

[mmonk]

4. Yep.

[SoapBox]

8. Well he is a Billionaire and has to rub elbows with Banksters...

Not a surprise.

[MisterP]

11. yeah--there's quite a line between "immigrants" and "indenturees"

[jwirr]

5. I am surprised that anyone in the immigration community can be fooled by this. Surely they know

that corporations, farms etc. have been using them as cheap labor for generations and that this group does not want a way to citizenship. They want more cheap labor that come here and can be sent back when they are no longer needed.

To think that Bernie is for this is to really misunderstand his message. Of course there are people who want them to misunderstand the message.

[AtomicKitten]

6. I'm struck by how anxious some people are to glom on to these lines of attack.

Without even bothering to do a little research.

I believe they are called useful idiots.

[L0oniX]

7. Has it gotten to the point where Hillary supporters support corporate lies about Bernie?

If so ...that figures. Corporate all the way. Maybe they should change the name DNC to CNC. There is no good reason to support a corporate candidate after what bankers and Wall Street did to this country. You're either for those criminals or you are for the common US citizen. Corporations are not people and never will be no matter what some ass hole ambulance chasing SCOTUS mutha fuckas say.

[passiveporcupine]

9. Yes, I think so

At least here on DU, I see too many who are jumping at these untruths and even when you explain it they refuse to accept the lies are lies.

But then I see people on Bernie's side doing the same to Hillary. Like the e-mail issues. That just needs to be dropped like a hot potato, like Benghazi.

[blackspade]

10. Another bullshit smear.

I truly expect better here at DU, but some folks were quick to jump on the RW smear machine band wagon.

[rhett o rick]

12. Swiftboating by Democrats of one of their own. nm