We’ll have to give Bernie Sanders credit — he was smart enough last April to accept an invitation to a town hall hosted by Fox News, the network news channel with an actual audience. Others, like Elizabeth Warren, refuse to go on Fox News because they don’t want to give the network the ad revenue, though we don’t think the network’s hurting in that department.
There’s a long piece in Vanity Fair in which Sanders’ campaign manager, Faiz Shakir, pulls out a box of receipts from MSNBC hosts and panelists trash-talking Sanders and his chances in the election.
Fox Has Been ”More Fair”: Why Bernie Sanders’ Team Has Had It With MSNBChttps://t.co/mnkbDcAq6g
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) February 18, 2020
MSNBC viewers even got #FireChuckTodd trending recently when he read from a piece likening the online army of Bernie Bros to “a digital brown-shirt brigade.”
For months, the campaign bristled at slights from MSNBC’s stable of hosts and commentators. Jason Johnson, an MSNBC contributor, predicted in January 2019 that Sanders would drop out by August, and network analyst Mimi Rocah said in July that Sanders made her “skin crawl.” On-screen graphics have omitted Sanders and misrepresented his poll numbers, a trend that inspired a sendup from the Onion.
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Shakir credited CNN for making “efforts to try and diversify their voices,” citing the network’s hire of Alexandra Rojas, the executive director of the progressive organization Justice Democrats and a veteran of the 2016 Sanders campaign. Even Fox News has been “more fair than MSNBC,” according to Shakir. “That’s saying something,” he said. “Fox is often yelling about Bernie Sanders’s socialism, but they’re still giving our campaign the opportunity to make our case in a fair manner, unlike MSNBC, which has credibility with the left and is constantly undermining the Bernie Sanders campaign.”
That’s news to us: We hadn’t heard that CNN had hired the executive director of Justice Democrats — not that we’re surprised.
@brianstelter are you going to be ok?
— EOT (@onthevergetime) February 18, 2020
Can someone do a welfare check on Stelter? https://t.co/Bm5cm5KK3g
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) February 18, 2020
Found him pic.twitter.com/PE1VLCEhfX
— Jackmeridan (@jackmeridan) February 18, 2020
Golden Corral says they'll stay open late for him. He'll be ok.
— Tom Parrelly (@Papa_P_54) February 18, 2020
Done!
He's still a potato.— Zionist Redneck (@gone_galt) February 18, 2020
A authoritarian attack on Journalism. It's a dangerous time to tell the truth in America.
— Bryan Farris (@SaveFarrisLSU) February 18, 2020
Yang. Warren. Sanders.
Watching the left realize the media might not be on the up and up is a joy to behold. https://t.co/f07gSRrFuh
— Small Gov Lizard (@smallgovlizard) February 18, 2020
Flashback: Ed Schultz said shortly before his death in 2018 that he was dropped by MSNBC because of his support for Sanders. @krystalball, now host of "Rising," later said the network didn't want his audience https://t.co/VzerNnfIhH
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) February 18, 2020
Way more fair. MSNBC has jumped the shark. I don't know who still watches that cursed channel.
— cwest81 (@chrisjwest81) February 18, 2020
MSNBC has become worse than Fox News. @MSNBC
— Javier O'Neill ℹ (@Oilystool) February 18, 2020
Hilarious. And MAGA ppl don’t feel sorry for BernieBros. We’ve been dealing with CNN & MSNBC’s lies for 3 years
— SeldenGADawgs (@SeldenGADawgs) February 18, 2020
It’s nice to see MSNBC attacked by the progressive left for a change.
Related:
'LMFAO': Pundit on MSNBC boldly declares a 3rd place finish for Amy Klobuchar is better than Bernie's 1st place finish https://t.co/VZJPZqvyi1
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 11, 2020
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