could be explained here -- that coming from such a small state, he has a very small corps of the press that have been following him till now.
But if he had been receiving Hillary-style coverage, there would have been many more stories about his son who was born to a woman he never married; his women-rape-fantasy essay, etc. Getting a lot of coverage has two sides. The lack of coverage has helped Bernie shape his own narrative more than Hillary ever could.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/vermont-media-bernie-sanders_55afd1bfe4b07af29d5726d3
Typically, the national media turns to large metropolitan daily newspapers as the news sources of record on presidential candidates, such as the Chicago Tribune on President Barack Obama or The Boston Globe on Mitt Romney and John Kerry.
The Burlington Free Press, Vermont's largest newspaper, has a page dedicated to Sanders’ candidacy and an interactive timeline. But the 188-year-old outlet has significantly scaled back its newsroom in the past few years, making it less able to pour resources into a lengthy primary contest.
The Free Press trekked with Sanders on his first post-announcement trip to Iowa, and will cover him in neighboring New Hampshire. But it likely will rely on others in the Gannett newspaper chain, such the Des Moines Register, for campaign trail coverage. Its editors may also tap Gannett's Washington bureau for Sanders stories, such as Monday's front-page report on how online community Reddit has boosted Sanders' candidacy.
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