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In reply to the discussion: The Atlantic Accused David Sirota of Secretly Working For Bernie Sanders. But Where's the Evidence? [View all]Gothmog
(145,231 posts)71. LOL I trust the Washington Post and other real sources
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A reporters undisclosed connection to a political candidate would constitute a breach of journalistic ethics. The basic rule is that journalists are supposed to be free of any personal or financial relationship with those they cover or comment on, even an informal relationship. Alternatively, reporters are obligated to at least disclose such relationships so that readers or viewers can evaluate the integrity of the reporting for themselves.
Sirota, 43, not only didnt mention his relationship with Sanderss campaign but apparently sought to erase his long history of attacks against Sanderss opponents, according to the Atlantic. Just hours before his hiring by Sanders was announced, Sirota deleted about 20,000 or so of his tweets. He suggested that the timing of the mass deletion was coincidental, telling the Atlantic that his account was scrubbed by an autodeleter that periodically and automatically removes his posts.
It remains unclear how long Sirota advised the Sanders camp before his hiring. Neither Sirota nor Sanderss representatives responded to multiple requests for comment on Wednesday.
Sirotas vitriolic tweets and blog posts also appear to be at odds with the ethos of the Sanderss campaign, which has stressed that it will respectfully engage other Democratic candidates. His hiring as a speechwriter also appears to be an acknowledgment that Sanders, whose extemporaneous public remarks have been a sign of his authenticity, will at times be scripted like other politicians.
Sirota, 43, not only didnt mention his relationship with Sanderss campaign but apparently sought to erase his long history of attacks against Sanderss opponents, according to the Atlantic. Just hours before his hiring by Sanders was announced, Sirota deleted about 20,000 or so of his tweets. He suggested that the timing of the mass deletion was coincidental, telling the Atlantic that his account was scrubbed by an autodeleter that periodically and automatically removes his posts.
It remains unclear how long Sirota advised the Sanders camp before his hiring. Neither Sirota nor Sanderss representatives responded to multiple requests for comment on Wednesday.
Sirotas vitriolic tweets and blog posts also appear to be at odds with the ethos of the Sanderss campaign, which has stressed that it will respectfully engage other Democratic candidates. His hiring as a speechwriter also appears to be an acknowledgment that Sanders, whose extemporaneous public remarks have been a sign of his authenticity, will at times be scripted like other politicians.
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The Atlantic Accused David Sirota of Secretly Working For Bernie Sanders. But Where's the Evidence? [View all]
CentralMass
Mar 2019
OP
Where's the evidence? How about Sanders' own campaign manager, Faiz Shakir, admitting it?
George II
Mar 2019
#1
Apparently you didn't see his own campaign manager's admission, and this from CNN:
George II
Mar 2019
#4
The arguments in the article are most logical; perhaps you can point something out in it that isn't?
Uncle Joe
Mar 2019
#8
Good luck arguing logic... some just don't want to hear it, though it does make perfect sense.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2019
#51
Since when does deleting tweets, emails, and/or texts cause for suspicion? Or does that standard
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2019
#53
But Faiz Shakir doesn't dispute the fact that Sirota and the Sanders campaign has been denying....
George II
Mar 2019
#15
You are skating around the fact that Dovere was told by Shakir " at most, it was a month".
Autumn
Mar 2019
#64
Nope, Shakir said on March 11 that Sirota's informal work "goes back months"....
George II
Mar 2019
#68
The section on the left in black references what Sirota did in 2016, not 19 years ago....
George II
Mar 2019
#25
It mentions 2016, so it couldn't be a reference to 19 years, ago, and as I pointed out....
George II
Mar 2019
#27
No. It mentions that Sirota worked for Sanders 19 years ago the mention him doing "something" in
CentralMass
Mar 2019
#36
The bottom line is that he was working for the Sanders campaign (as you admit)....
George II
Mar 2019
#46
He, according the facts as stated in the CNN article, was working fo the Sanders campaign on a trial
CentralMass
Mar 2019
#49
You keep saying that, but whatev'. The fact is he was working as a "journalist" criticizing....
George II
Mar 2019
#52
Funny that yesterday we were assured that CNN was "corporate media conglomerate spin."
betsuni
Mar 2019
#54
I get the feeling that the Sanders campaign is a giant disinformation operation
Renew Deal
Mar 2019
#5
Should he win the nomination (not a snowball's chance in hell, but whatev')...
George II
Mar 2019
#48
I doubt that BS will be able to undo the massive damage he's doing to his own campaign n/t
SFnomad
Mar 2019
#29
Well from the CNN article Sirota started on a trial basis on February 20th 2019 and was formally
CentralMass
Mar 2019
#42
So why the silence from Sanders' campaign? We know he has hired a press secretary.
ehrnst
Mar 2019
#63
Didn't the "observer" also claim to have worked in a newsroom with Maggie Haberman?
lapucelle
Mar 2019
#82
So what? That's one newspaper. Sirota continued to do his dirty work on twitter,
lapucelle
Mar 2019
#87