When Bernie Sanders announced he was running again, Democratic-aligned media outlets said he was too old. "Mr. Sanders would be 79 when he assumed office, and after an October heart attack, his health is a serious concern," the Times said in its absurd editorial joint endorsement of Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren.
Then, when Bernie emerged as front-runner for the nomination, corporate media presented him as an existential threat. Head-to-head polls showed he was at least as electable as his rivals, yet "journalistic" organizations stated, without evidence, that a left-wing Democrat couldn't beat Trump. Headlines proliferated:
"Bernie Sanders Can Still Be Stopped."
"The Stop Sanders Movement Has Gone Public."
CNN even compared Sanders to the coronavirus.
Remember all those "Can Obama Be Stopped?" headlines from the 2008 primaries. Me neither. When it came to Bernie, pseudo-liberal media didn't pretend to be objective.
The DNC went after him like crazy.
Bernie Sanders won the key Iowa caucus but Democratic vote-counting chicanery cheated him out of the PR for his win. Party insiders believe that Barack Obama personally arranged for Beto O'Rourke, Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg to endorse Joe Biden the day before Super Tuesday. Speaking of which, Sanders won California, the biggest state -- but the vote count mysteriously took days, denying him a big headline and an accurately optimistic delegate count in media coverage.
They're still at it. At this writing party leaders are trying to prevent an embarrassing protest vote against Joe Biden in New York by fighting in court for the right to delete Bernie Sanders from the state's mail-in primary ballots.
A Times headline from February 20 proved prescient: "Democratic Leaders Willing to Risk Party Damage to Stop Bernie Sanders."
They got what they wanted.
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