Shocker: WaPo Investigates Itself for Anti-Sanders Bias, Finds There Was None

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By Adam Johnson


The photo the Washington Post chose to illustrate its contention that the paper wasn’t being too hard on Bernie Sanders. (photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

On Tuesday, FAIR published a straightforward recapping of 16 hours of Washington Post stories that displayed a remarkable run of negative articles about Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. The FAIR post and a corresponding tweet went viral: retweeted thousands of times, shared on Facebook and Reddit thousands more, and written up in TruthDig, Young Turks, USUncut and the Daily Caller.

Due to this surge of coverage of our coverage of its coverage (yes, media criticism gets somewhat meta), the Washington Post (3/8/16) decided to respond to our criticism, staffing out the unenviable task to The Fix’s Callum Borchers, who gave us:

Has the Washington Post Been Too Hard on Bernie Sanders This Week?

Right off, the framing is inaccurate: The scope wasn’t “this week,” it was a 16-hour period after the Flint, Michigan, debate—and following a weekend in which Sanders won three of four state contests with Hillary Clinton. The do-or-die stakes for Sanders in Michigan couldn’t have been higher, and how one of the most influential newspapers in the United States covered his debate performance and his primary showing was important.

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[Fawke Em]

1. Given what happened in Michigan, I'm inclined to say:

"Please proceed, WaPo."

The more the establishment rails against our Bernie, the more popular he becomes with the people.

[Ilsa]

2. WaPo, Fox, MSNBC, most consolidated US media

is just trash now. It's hard to find regular national news, now. It's mostly all campaign crap on the 24 hr news channels.

[Lorien]

3. Again: WRITE THEM HARDCOPY LETTERS, not emails!

Friend in the news business have told me that one handwritten letter has the weight of 100 emails to newsroom brass. If you want them to know that we aren't buying it, then put a stamp on it and mail it. IT'S WORTH THE TIME!

[bernbabe]

4. Investigate themselves?