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GeorgiaPeanuts

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April 17, 2016

Fair.org: An ‘Unqualified’ Success at Media Manipulation

http://fair.org/home/an-unqualified-success-at-media-manipulation/

But in the aftermath of the Wisconsin win, the media frame was not about Sanders’ momentum, Clinton’s connection to the Panamanian tax haven or, as US Uncut (4/8/16) reported, three major policy wins for Bernie Sanders, but how Sanders had gone negative and was untruthful. It occupied the news cycle for days, knocking out a barrage of bad press that was hobbling her in the run-up to the New York primary. With a lot of help from media friends, the Clinton people rewrote the news.
April 17, 2016

Mostly True | HRC and Haitian Wages

http://www.snopes.com/hillary-clinton-suppressed-haitis-minimum-wage/

WHAT'S TRUE: The U.S. State Department, among others, pushed to cut Haiti's minimum wage in 2009.

WHAT'S FALSE: Hillary Clinton was the sole architect of the move to reduce Haiti's minimum wage
April 17, 2016

Clooney hopes Sanders stays in the race (Has he gone rogue?)

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/clooney-hopes-sander-stays-in-222055

One of Hillary Clinton’s most famous supporters, actor George Clooney, says he hopes Bernie Sanders “stays in for the entire election.”

Clooney, who hosted a big-dollar fundraiser for the former secretary of state Friday, said in an interview aired Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" that he likes the Vermont senator, who has been challenging Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.

“I think what he's saying in this election is important if you're a Democrat,” Clooney said, adding he'd do “whatever I can” to help Sanders if he wins the nomination.

Clooney also said he understood the criticism from protesters outside Friday’s event for Clinton, who has long been the Democratic front-runner, saying he shared their distaste for money in politics.

“They're absolutely right,” Clooney said of protesters. “It is an obscene amount of money. The Sanders campaign when they talk about it is absolutely right. It's ridiculous that we should have this kind of money in politics. I agree completely.”

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