2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBernie Sanders is CRUSHING GOP Front Runner, Donald Trump in NH polls! 57% to 37%!
More Conventional Wisdom shattered: 'We have to elect the candidate who can beat the Repubs, Bernie can't do that'.
I am watching all these 'expert' opinions fall by the wayside as Bernie just keeps on doing what he does best, telling the truth and blowing away all the attempts to make people think he can't win. It's hilarious to watch him trouncing these highly paid pundits and experts every time. When they will finally give it up and just accept they know NOTHING about the people and what THEY want?
WMUR/CNN poll: Trump trails in matchups with Sanders, Clinton, Biden
Check out these numbers!
In the Sept. 17-23 poll, Sanders leads Trump, 57 percent to 37 percent; Biden leads Trump, 56 percent to 37 percent; and Clinton leads Trump, 50 percent to 42 percent. In all matchups, 1 percent of those polled said they would support another candidate and 5 percent were undecided.
Among Reps, Trump still the Front Runner:
But look at THIS! Bernie beats all of them among Independents!
Is there a media outlet somewhere that isn't glued to Trump who MIGHT be willing to cover the one who is the REAL News Story of this Primary season?
All Trump all the time and STILL Bernie is beating him!
No wonder poor Chuck Todd is so PUZZLED by it all. They are doing their BEST to ingore Bernie Sanders and STILL he is beating their Reality TV Star!
PatrickforO
(14,604 posts)with the MSM staying silent on Sanders. Let me explain. Every day as more people hear his message, more support him. He's quietly building a serious ground organization in the early states, and by the time the primaries start and Bernie begins to win them, it will be impossible to stop him, no matter how many negative super PAC ads are aired.
See, I think if people can hear Bernie's message first, then no number of these negative ads we all know are coming will phase them. If they hear negative ads first, then maybe not so much.
I don't know if you'll agree, but I think this media silence and forced ignoring might be for the best, at least until around January.
Which is coming right up!
Like you, I think Bernie can win this thing, and when he does, all of us will win too.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)the failure of our media which focuses on trivia like Trump, distractions rather than doing the job journalists are supposed to do.
But I absolutely am glad they are missing the chance to start early, which we know they will.
IF we had a real news media, the coverage would be fair. But we don't, so yes, it's a good thing they are ignoring him.
Trajan
(19,089 posts)I recently realized; the media blackout was, in a way, a form of the 'Unskewed Poll' the republicans used to such great effect last election cycle ...
By ignoring Sanders, which in their minds is the best way to avoid promoting Sanders and increasing his exposure, they are essentially hiding from him from THEIR public, and pretend he has no impact ... Yet, the rest of the public is finding him through social media channels, and his message is spreading like wildfire OUTSIDE of those national media channels ...
In the end, those who rely on national media are not getting the whole story about Sanders popularity, and will be in for a shock come the Primaries ... They're gonna wonder how it is that Sanders swooped in under the radar and scooped up the wins ...
The media blackout is only deceiving media users ... But the facts of a Sanders win is gonna wallop them good ...
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)I hand out something with his website on it.
I tell people to just listen to his speeches and decide for themselves.
That's all it takes. I have yet to talk to someone who has heard one of Bernie's speeches and doesn't like him.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,524 posts)Thanks for the thread, sabrina.
Fearless
(18,421 posts)in_cog_ni_to
(41,600 posts)Whining and complaining about the MSM ignoring Bernie - it's probably a good thing they've chosen to ignore him because their favorite thing to do is build a candidate up, just for the sport of taking them down - when it suits them.
Perfect example of that was Howard Dean and their endless loop of the Dean Scream. They thoroughly enjoyed that takedown. It gave them power and they liked it.
With that being said, GO BERNIE! This is wonderful news!
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)with Occupy Wall St in the beginning, they were there with their news vans etc but clearly had decided not to give the movement any publicity. OWS organizers however had anticipated that and had brought their own media.
When the MSM saw the amazing response to something THEY thought they were controlling, they began to cover it. And as expected, with the usual biased reporting.
But it was too late, the people had so effectively used the New Media they couldn't undo its impact.
So yes, let them keep thinking that by covering Trump and ignoring Bernie, that are controlling the outcome.