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Uncle Joe

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6. Perhaps you have a link to Bernie disagreeing with this article?
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 10:39 AM
Aug 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
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He already walked back his comments. TwilightZone Aug 2019 #1
He didn't "walk back," Bernie clarified. Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #2
"corporate media conglomerate talking point" TwilightZone Aug 2019 #3
+1000. ehrnst Aug 2019 #31
+1 betsuni Aug 2019 #62
Bernie has a bone to pick with WaPo ehrnst Aug 2019 #36
"Clarified"? Here are the two statements: George II Aug 2019 #59
LOL millionaires and billionaires ! stonecutter357 Aug 2019 #4
Even Sanders disagrees with this article. SouthernProgressive Aug 2019 #5
Perhaps you have a link to Bernie disagreeing with this article? Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #6
The article and recent events speak for themselves. SouthernProgressive Aug 2019 #7
That's what I thought, you don't. Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #8
Trump calls it the Amazon Washington Post. TwilightZone Aug 2019 #10
Bernie hasn't backtracked from that point. Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #13
Trying to discredit WaPo didn't work for Nixon, and it won't work for Trump or Bernie. ehrnst Aug 2019 #28
Post removed Post removed Aug 2019 #33
They run a whole lot more 'negative stories' on Trump. Does that also 'discredit' WaPo? ehrnst Aug 2019 #40
Isn't that 16 in 16 thing an RT (Russia Today) talking point? George II Aug 2019 #58
It's a small group that feeds each other citations and talking points. ehrnst Aug 2019 #70
Unfortunately, it's become Bernie's talking point as well. ehrnst Aug 2019 #72
Link to Bernie walking back his hasty words: ehrnst Aug 2019 #23
Bernie "clarified" his position, he never said Bezos was on the phone Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #32
It seems that Bernie feels a need to do a lot of 'clarifying" of his statements after the fact. ehrnst Aug 2019 #35
So are you saying that Bernie made a gaffe? TexasTowelie Aug 2019 #49
I don't believe Bernie made a gaffe, he clarified his point of view because Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #53
If someone feels that it is necessary to clarify themselves, TexasTowelie Aug 2019 #55
By "corporate media" you mean any media that holds Sentor Sanders to account for his words? ehrnst Aug 2019 #73
Agreed. He did not rescind his statement so it is a clarification. MarcA Aug 2019 #57
"Knows which way the wind blows..."" ehrnst Aug 2019 #71
You are being naive. My statement was about the press. MarcA Aug 2019 #78
Marty Baron is the person that Bernie was targeting. I was being accurate. ehrnst Aug 2019 #79
Sounds walk-backy to me mcar Aug 2019 #34
I know - wouldn't he just repeat what he said if he wasn't backtracking? ehrnst Aug 2019 #43
Sanders voters apparently are the only ones who can see right through the media. Hoyt Aug 2019 #9
whining continues .... nt NYMinute Aug 2019 #11
Sanders and Trump are both right then? Hortensis Aug 2019 #12
It's "a long-standing strategy pioneered by conservatives" Me. Aug 2019 #14
+100. The various conspiracy theories Sanders Hortensis Aug 2019 #15
Too Bad For Them...I Have No Sympathy Me. Aug 2019 #17
:) Agree completely. Sanders has been an irritating gadfly Hortensis Aug 2019 #21
I Think That's The Kindest Post I've Ever Read Me. Aug 2019 #22
:) There but for the grace of god and genetic pairings... Hortensis Aug 2019 #30
+1 betsuni Aug 2019 #41
Going after Marty Baron's credibility because WaPo isn't fawning over you is really desperation.(nt) ehrnst Aug 2019 #27
Indeed! Thekaspervote Aug 2019 #52
Per Krystal Ball, The Bernie Bias Is Real corbettkroehler Aug 2019 #16
Thanks for the addition corbettkroehler. Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #18
My Pleasure - The Truth Will Set Bernie Free! corbettkroehler Aug 2019 #19
Goodness! That's a fool proof metric the media doesn't know about! ehrnst Aug 2019 #29
IOW, they ran out of stock because someone failed to keep their eyes on the ball. TexasTowelie Aug 2019 #51
Why Should We Believe 'The Hill' Pundit Krystal Ball Over Marty Baron? ehrnst Aug 2019 #26
Opinion: Bernie Sanders's real media problem Gothmog Aug 2019 #39
+10000. ehrnst Aug 2019 #44
Someone agrees with you: ehrnst Aug 2019 #74
One thing Murdoch editors agree on crazytown Aug 2019 #20
Precisely crazytown, Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #48
Certainly TYT knows who cuts their checks. ehrnst Aug 2019 #76
Bernie's walked back that statement since... Wisely so. ehrnst Aug 2019 #24
Marty Baron isn't a 'circus dog' and I'm thinking that the author of this article might be ehrnst Aug 2019 #25
Gratuitous link to last Friday's thread in LBN about this: mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2019 #77
Liberals defending the corporate media. Buzz cook Aug 2019 #37
I never thought I'd see liberals trash the free press when they fact checked a politician ehrnst Aug 2019 #45
The washington Post is not a respectable journalistic entity. Buzz cook Aug 2019 #60
"The washington Post is not a respectable journalistic entity." If not, then... TreasonousBastard Aug 2019 #63
common dreams, Jacobin , JI7 Aug 2019 #65
They are not news orgs, any more than FoxNews. They have a clear political bias/slant ehrnst Aug 2019 #69
Yeah, Pulitzer Prizes are given to bad journalists and news orgs ALL the time... ehrnst Aug 2019 #68
I couldn't agree more Buzz cook, well said. Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #47
Despite the inanity of your post, here's a friendly suggestion: OilemFirchen Aug 2019 #50
No. Buzz cook Aug 2019 #61
I've reported on Bernie Sanders for years. A free press won't give him what he wants. Gothmog Aug 2019 #38
For all of his Skidmore Aug 2019 #67
I hope BS will soon accept the consequences of his actions instead of blaming the media LanternWaste Aug 2019 #42
Sad - whether it be Trump or someone running as a Democrat.(nt) ehrnst Aug 2019 #46
Oh me too! Really tired 💤 of all the spin Thekaspervote Aug 2019 #54
commondreams...nt SidDithers Aug 2019 #56
Something something people spending their time looking for gaffs Lordquinton Aug 2019 #64
Stephen Colbert on Bernie: betsuni Aug 2019 #66
"Some people say that maybe if the system wasn't Hortensis Aug 2019 #75
Bernie himself stated that it wasn't "rigged," just "dumb." ehrnst Aug 2019 #80
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