Sanders Slams Media for 'Bernie Blackout,' Ignores Vermont Press [View all]

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http://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2015/12/15/sanders-slams-media-for-bernie-blackout-ignores-vermont-press

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) stepped up his longstanding criticism of the national news media last weekend, complaining in a Friday press release that his presidential campaign "has been all but ignored" by television network newscasts.

"It’s no shock to me that big networks, which are controlled by a handful of large corporations, have barely discussed our campaign and the important issues we are bringing up," Sanders said Saturday in an email to supporters. "They’re just too busy covering [Republican presidential candidate] Donald Trump."

But even as Sanders rails against what his campaign refers to as a "Bernie blackout" in the national press, several reporters in his home state of Vermont complain they've had little to no access to the candidate since he launched his campaign last April.

"It's a little disappointing for a person who has been so accessible in the past to be frozen out like this," says Vermont Public Radio news director John Dillon. "You understand it from a pragmatic point of view. He's more concerned with Iowa than he is with Irasburg. But he's still our senator."....

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