Did Obama face the same sort of media manipulations in the 2008 campaign as Bernie does

[Ed Suspicious]

in 2016? I remember a lot of positivity from NPR toward Obama. I hear none of that this year toward Bernie.

[Bread and Circus]

1. No.

[GoneFishin]

2. No. Obama was still an establishment candidate that was no threat to the status quo.

[AzDar]

23. ^ This.

[840high]

3. No.

[Buzz cook]

4. Obama was the media's designated anti-Clinton

So while he got some negative coverage, compared to previous democrats he got very positive coverage.

His strategy of playing to the inside the beltway media was a real winner for him.

[ReallyIAmAnOptimist]

5. No. This time they're not leaving the outcome to chance.

Including stealing every delegate they can get away with.

[sabrina 1]

6. No he did not. They are TERRIFIED of Bernie because they know that Bernie is a real

threat to their candidate.

This is why they are TRYING so hard to 'wrap it up' as they so cavalierly describe denying millions of voters the right to vote.

Hillary wins ONLY the Conservo Dems and after March 15, she will have exhausted her 'base'. After that Bernie will be the one to 'wrap it up'.

This is why they are so DESPERATE. Word has come down to Corporate funded Kos that he must squash all criticism of Hillary, the Corp Media got the message to downplay any Victories for Bernie, and they sure did.

They MUST depress enthusiasm for Bernie BEFORE we get past March 15th.

And WE are not going to let them.

They so underestimate the people's ANGER and the more they WATCH these corrupt tactics the ANGRIER they get.

So wait until after March 15th and ignore all their desperate efforts and yes, Bernie can win this and imo he will.

[jmowreader]

17. Whatever you're smoking, give me some

Bernie Sanders has not won a minority-heavy or large state yet, and he's lost a couple he needed to win - namely Iowa and Massachusetts. They simply don't trust him. Bernie's Waterloo is coming up - a very long list of minority-heavy, delegate-heavy states including California, Florida, Illinois, New York and North Carolina.

[Bluenorthwest]

21. You need to learn about OK... Illinois is whiter, than OK

White Alone in Illinois is 77.5% in OK 75.1%. CA 73.2% OK right in the middle....

It is a bit as if you are neglecting the Native American population. This link goes to US Census 'Quick Facts' which will easily compare all manner of demographics about the US and the various States.
http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/17,06,40

OK is not as white as many on DU keep insisting, and it does seem negligent of the Native Peoples.

[jmowreader]

22. Look at Chicago specifically, not IL as a whole

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Chicago

45.0% White (31.7% non-Hispanic whites);
32.9% Black or African American;
13.4% from some other race;
5.5% Asian (1.6% Chinese, 1.1% Indian, 1.1% Filipino, 0.4% Korean, 0.3% Pakistani, 0.3% Vietnamese, 0.2% Japanese, 0.1% Thai);
2.7% from two or more races;
0.5% American Indian.

Chicago has a Hispanic or Latino population of 28.9%.

The population of the Chicago metro area is 9.73 million, which translates to 3.2 million African-Americans alone plus about 2.5 million who claim Hispanic heritage - part of whom are also in the African-American group.

The ENTIRE POPULATION OF OKLAHOMA is 3.878 million. IOW there are more minorities in Chicago than there are people in Oklahoma.

Speaking of Native Americans...I've dealt with quite a few, and they are generally Not Liberal. Most would fall into the Conservadem category, and many were bona fide Republicans. A LOT of Native Americans are seriously pro-life. Do you remember Sheldon Whitehorse Campbell? His political positions seemed close to what Tulsi Gabbard's are now...and right after the Republicans routed Congress in the Contract on America fiasco, Campbell was one of the first - if not THE first - Democrat to cross the aisle.

[loyalsister]

7. No

Obama is handsome, charismatic, and well spoken with a pleasing voice and tone. They loved covering him because they could easily give people what they want in programming. Bernie doesn't motivate media because he doesn't have those qualities that make people love to watch him.
As a friend said, "I like what he says, but I don't like to hear him saying it because he seems so gruff."

[noretreatnosurrender]

8. No

but John Edwards did.

[AtomicKitten]

9. Nope. This is unprecedented.

[deepestblue]

10. 2008

On the tv side, as I recall MSNBC was favorable toward Barack, with most other television outlets favoring the other candidate all the way until Barack secured the nomination.

This time, the Bernie Blackout is real, but laughable in the sense that the more they try to shut out his message, the more it energizes his supporters. The voters are not fooled by all of this. Case in point: His wins recently in Minnesota, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma etc. Just wait until liberal states get to join in on the fun!

Hence the panic.

The panic really set in beginning Super Tuesday when the media began primarily listing delegate counts that included superdelegate totals, thereby inflating Bernie's opponent's margin.

His grassroots game is spreading exponentially through social media and online fundraising. It is something to behold.

I firmly believe Sen. Sanders will be the next President of the United States.

[jillan]

11. Nope. The only Obama manipulations in 08 came from Hillary.

[jfern]

12. Nope

[OZi]

13. Nope.

And their silence tells me exactly who I should support.

[kristopher]

14. Not no but Heeeelllll No!

I've never seen anything like this, they've pulled out all the stops.

[ancianita]

15. BUT he did get a LOT of trifling media questioning about stupid crap. School transcripts, fist bumps

his wife's 'hatred for America,' his birth, their kids, his tone, his lapel pin, or no lapel pin -- I mean, the list was endless.

That crap took up 80% of media cycles.

[ancianita]

16. Did Obama get to do a town hall on FOX? Can't remember.

[grasswire]

18. No.

The media have simply tried to ignore Bernie. But, like a prairie fire, the flames spread at grassroots level. The people united cannot be divided.

[cui bono]

19. Nope.

But he wasn't the threat to the establishment and corporate America that Bernie is. And this is the final proof that that is the truth, no matter what the apologists said.
.

[quantass]

20. No. It is very Focused and Thought Out this go around.