CNN video. Bernie Sanders wonders if media will ignore him until he attacks Hillary Clinton.

[madfloridian]

His statement about the TPP is strong...says there must be a stand for or against, no fence sitting.

This appears to be his interview from today. He makes a good point when he wonders if the media will allow civil debate or if they are waiting for him to attack Hillary Clinton.

Great interview.

[cantbeserious]

1. I Will No Longer Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go

eom

[daleanime]

4. Amen.....

[sabrina 1]

61. You and millions of other Americans cantbeserious

[Thinkingabout]

2. This was before Bernie announced.

[madfloridian]

5. Here's the link from CNN today. They were referring to his "official" announcement.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/17/politics/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-income-inequality-election-2016/

[daleanime]

10. Could be wrong....

but it's before his 'formal' announcement. Which he still hasn't made. I think this is from yesterday, isn't it?

[SamKnause]

15. No it isn't.

His formal campaign kick off announcement is May 26th.

You can tell from what is being discussed in the interview

it was from today.

[NorthCarolina]

43. He mentions having raised 4 million for his campaign

so I think the broadcast is recent, and obviously post announcement. Perhaps you neglected to watch the video before commenting?

[Hoyt]

3. Sounds like he's setting up the stage for a negative campaign.

[bluesbassman]

6. Sure he is.

[madfloridian]

8. lol welcome to the thread.

Can't wait to see how his very sensible statement is turned around into what it is not.

[sufrommich]

9. Sounds to me like he's lamenting the sorry state of

media in this country.

[Hoyt]

11. He sure has been getting a lot of air time, if you ask me.

[sufrommich]

12. So? nt

[Hoyt]

14. So, his protestation of lack of coverage is not backed by facts.

[sufrommich]

17. His protestations are about the quality of coverage.

He's running for president on a shoestring budget,I'm OK with him trying to get as much face time as he can.

[madfloridian]

47. Yes, the "quality" of the coverage.

The interviewers should be ashamed of themselves.

[JDPriestly]

40. Hillary is not making herself available.

She is press-shy, and I wonder why.

[merrily]

56. Not nearly as much as he deserves.

[Hoyt]

57. I think he's been on every major network. Lots of newspaper articles, etc.

On talks shows, etc.

I like much of his message, particularly the part about us needing to he more like Scandanavian countries. But, he can't get is there as Prez (yes, that's just my opinion).

[merrily]

58. Yep, I agree. Not nearly as much coverage as he deserves.

[LanternWaste]

62. How much air time in context to other candidates?

How much air time has he received relative to the other candidates?

[daleanime]

13. Me too....

unfortunately there's much to lament.

[sufrommich]

16. I watched the interview this morning,I felt

exasperated for him. It was Sanders trying to get his points out and her basically saying "lets watch you and her fight". It was like a script from Idiocracy.

[daleanime]

20. Glad he was able to stay civil.....

I might have been tempted to ask, "What do you want me to do? Pull her hair?". ( In case I need it. )

You're right, much of the political discussion in this nation reads like a bad movie script.

[Jack Rabbit]

36. The media would really like it if he pulled her hair

"If it bleeds, it leads," and all that crap.

[billhicks76]

22. BS

[erronis]

23. You gotta love those people that will weave a whole story out of their imaginations.

Speculation fits you very well, sir.

[delrem]

41. Oh, it's you.

[Bonobo]

52. No. It doesn't. He is criticizing the mass media. nt

[morningfog]

53. I hope so. It's the only way to win.

Hillary and Bernie will be dunking it out in due time. It's stupid for anyone to pretend like it won't happen.

The question is, who will be nasty, petty an personal. You can go negative and still be respectful. In fact, you cannot win if you don't go negative. Negative simply means distinguishing yourself from the opponent.

[treestar]

59. That's what I thought

An excuse.

[Vincardog]

7. The lessor of two evils is still evil. Go Bernie, at LAST someone to vote FOR!

[madfloridian]

18. From CNN today...partial transcript and article.

He also said Clinton should take a position on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a massive 12-country deal that President Barack Obama is pushing to the dismay of liberals.

"You can't be on the fence of this one," he said. "You're either for it or you're against it. No fence-sitting on this one."

Sanders said he personally likes Clinton. He said he's willing to challenger her on policy issues -- but that he hopes media will cover those differences without Sanders having to launch "reckless attacks."

"Are you in the media prepared to allow us to engage in that serious debate?" he said. "Or do I have to get media attention by simply making reckless attacks on Hillary Clinton or anybody else? I don't believe in that. I believe in serious debates on serious issues."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/17/politics/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-income-inequality-election-2016/

[AlinPA]

26. The slimy interviewer did not hear a thing he said.

[libdem4life]

63. Every question had Hillary in it. Dimwit. But he talked over her a couple of times and I was proud

of him. To infer he had not "real" political experience. But he can give as good as he got. And she never responded...just went to Talking Point #whatevah

[woo me with science]

19. Bernie knows exactly what he is facing in the corporate media.

It is delightful to hear him calling out their MO. The way you fight corruption and manipulation is by making them explicit for people.

What he is doing is so important. He is re-teaching this nation what we have a right to expect from a representative political process, and pointing out how perversely ours has been corrupted.

REAL hope and change. We need Bernie in the White House.

[madfloridian]

21. ....

[arcane1]

31. Perfectly said!

[joshcryer]

38. Completely agree!

[L0oniX]

42. +++++++++++++++++++++++++

[Enthusiast]

24. The American people do not deserve Bernie Sanders.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

30. But I hope to hell we get him.

Because we sure as hell need him. These talking heads make me sick trying to lead him down the garden path, following their agenda of "We want to see a horse race and cage fighting combined. Screw the issues." Bernie is so much smarter than any of them and so far is doing a great job of sticking to this guns.

[Enthusiast]

34. I'm with you.

[AlinPA]

25. That interviewer is one piece of shit. She did not hear a thing he said. She is just another media

slob.

[a kennedy]

27. Because it's never about the candidate......it's always what the talking heads want.....

And that horrible scream did Howard in...it was over for him after that because I think the talking heads MADE it over for him. JMHO.

[madfloridian]

46. It is about the talking heads. That's all most people know.

I have been stunned at times to find out how many people in this area have no clue about issues at all.

[madfloridian]

28. Agree, she was terrible. Someone handed her a script apparently. So obvious.

[hrmjustin]

29. The media is only interested in taking down Hillary.

[LWolf]

32. Or, in this case,

stirring shit instead of having serious debates about serious issues. Political mud wrestling is more entertaining.

Make no mistake...the media is just as happy to ensure that Sanders continues to be marginalized.

[hrmjustin]

33. The media want a republican president.

[arcane1]

35. Mud wrestling leads to higher ratings, leads to charging more for advertising...

which leads to more Super-PAC bucks!

The networks are going to do whatever they have to do to get all of that anonymous money spent on THEM

[madfloridian]

45. "media is just as happy to ensure that Sanders continues to be marginalized."

Amen to that.

[Octafish]

37. It's pay to play, Bernie.

Get with the corrupt campaign program. Pay The Man.

[JDPriestly]

39. Bernie gave strong, positive answers. Great response to that interview.

[madfloridian]

44. He was so patient with that awful interviewer.

She was really terrible.

[hollowdweller]

48. He's really a good man. If the media took him seriously I think he'd even have crossover appeal.

I'm definitely voting for him in the primary. I haven't sent him any money yet but I'm going to.

I like Clinton too, but as he infers as a senator she did not do anything about these issues.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

49. KICK

Please do the same and rec it up. This is a harbinger of what Bernie will have to put up with. I hope the snooze people get tired of trying to pit him against HRC, but not likely/

[840high]

50. kick to your kick

[madfloridian]

54. Thanks. The media's attitude toward him is just awful.

They should be embarrassed.

[sadoldgirl]

51. Just a typical effort to divert him from his purpose.

The great thing about Bernie is that he tries to
tell them to stick to the issues.
It is difficult now to tell the people that they are
supposed to lead the government and what
the government should be responsible for.

Unfortunately Reagan's detrimental put down
of government still is prevalent.

[madfloridian]

60. Yes, he wants to stick with issues..

but that doesn't make such great news as attacking someone.

[Doctor_J]

55. big media badly want Clinton to be the nominee

It is crystal clear, as are the reasons. It's also disgusting

[libdem4life]

64. Has anyone noticed that the "talking heads" are now often full figure, if female, blonde

leggy, short tight skirts with 5 inch high heels? That's Evolutionary, if you think about it. Who cares about seeing men's suit pants...boring, right?