Bernie Sanders is starting to get noticed by African Americans for his civil rights record

[rsexaminer]

Bernie Sanders has been fighting for civil rights for over 40 years and people are finally starting to notice.

http://www.examiner.com/article/bernie-sanders-african-american-support-is-growing-by-the-day

[jaysunb]

1. We'll be there when it counts....again n/t

[SonderWoman]

2. Yet the article gives no examples?

No poll numbers. No endorsements. Ok.

[Person 2713]

3. He wrote the piece and someone said he gets paid by the clicks he gets so the content

can be garbage but he got you to click
A poster compared it to spamming

[PowerToThePeople]

4. Spamming is TOS violation

it does appear this poster only links one website, I would say spamming is a valid concern by what I have seen.

Alert on it, MIRT will see it.

[Person 2713]

6. I'm new but here is what other poster said

I don't even know what tos mirt means
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=520615

[sabrina 1]

8. It's an excellent article. Do you have proof of what you just stated btw?

I have only quibble with the article, Cory Booker endorsed Hillary Clinton, he did recently praise Sanders for his record on Civil Rights, however to my knowledge he is still supporting Clinton in the primaries.

[Person 2713]

11. I said another poster said it and provided a link . Of course the clicks will be tailored and I don'

appear to be alone in noticing this but if he is liked enough with recs he has a place I guess
I'm new and don't know how that works
My biggest peeve was with the journalism quality of other posts
I am sure he will come back to this post to say more in his defense and I will listen

[sabrina 1]

12. This is the first post I've read from this DUer. We have always had writers here who

post their own work. I'm sure they have always appreciated the clicks they get also. To my knowledge it has never been an issue.

I just read the article and it appears to be pretty accurate regarding the content, except for the one issue I mentioned, which is fairly minor.

So unless there has been a ban on writers, journalists etc posting their own material here, then I do not see the problem.

[Luminous Animal]

5. Dude. You are not helping because just saying so doesn't mean it is true. There is no investigative

journalism here. It is just click bait. I suggest you knock it off and stick to Facebook and Twitter.

You've slim credibility here.

[SoapBox]

7. Run it down...beat it down...

Because it may reflect positively on Bernie Sanders.

Funny how all of a sudden it's attack the author (or are they attacking the OP...who knows?) because he doesn't provide details to make those critical of the article.

Spam? Alerting? Violations of the TOS? Doesn't even make sense.

[Godhumor]

9. Um PttP is one of the biggest Bernie supporters on DU, and even he says it is spammy

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The OP is named rsexaminer, his profile says he writes for the Examiner and all of his posts link to his articles on Examiner. He joined to get clicks from DU members for his own editorials. He is a spam merchant.

Don't let the fact that his articles tend to favor Bernie sway you. He is a human spambot.

[Person 2713]

14. I think he made a good bet that it will sway them . Like chum and if you notice well....you are

this or that

[sabrina 1]

15. Is there a ban on journalists/writers linking to their own work now on DU? There never was

before, and I don't recall the word 'spam' being used in reference to them. Thom Harmann eg, has been a member here for a long time and regularly posted his work on DU. Max Keiser was another, and Will Pitt also.

This is the first article I have seen from this author btw and it appears to be pretty accurate.

[sabrina 1]

10. It is a very good article. I notice the naysayers did not post anything from the article that

they can point to as non factual.

So let me post some points made by the author we know to be true:

New Jersey Sen. Corey Booker is a supporter of Sanders, saying "Bernie has become somebody I have tremendous respect for," noting "he has a long record of civil rights." Former Hillary Clinton supporter, rapper Lil B, has come out to now endorse Sanders. "I mean, if he was marching for civil rights back then, he was protesting against segregation," the rapper said during a recent interview with CNN, "all the youth, the black youth, should be able to hear him out."

It's not just African Americans outside the campaign that have come out for Sanders, but within as well. Earlier this month, Sanders appointed an African American women as his national press secretary. Symone Sanders, a 25-year-old Black Lives Matter activist, has been brought on board to continue the Sanders' push to the Democratic nomination. In addition to Symone Sanders, an African American named Marcus Ferrell had already been on the campaign team as the senator's Southeastern political director.

The only question I have re Booker, who did recently praise Sanders' Civil Rights record, is that as far as I know, he is still a Hillary supporter. Other than that, everything there is true and has been posted here with links in other OPs.

I also read today that only 33% of AAs even know who Bernie is. And that 23% of AAs support him.

So there is nothing at all for him to worry about. Name recognition was always the main challenge he had to face. At 3% in the polls before he announced, those numbers began to change quickly as people got to know him.

Nonsense to call this spamming. We have other authors here who post their own work.

[Godhumor]

13. You really don't get the pay model for Examiner, I take it

Authors are paid by page clicks; he isn't here to promote his work beyond going people click on his links. It is pure unadulterated spam, as even Bernie supporters on this thread and in the other one linked in the thread above are also pointing out.

[sabrina 1]

16. No, I don't know the 'pay model' for any news outlet, for all I know they are all the same.

Thom Hartmann and Max Keiser have posted their work here among others. When was there a rule implemented that says a writer can only post here 'based on the pay model of the author's publication' ? I'm not aware of such a rule.

[Godhumor]

17. Oh dear God, just click on his name and look at his OPs saved in his journal

Let me know if you spot a trend. Then let me know if he participated on DU in any way other than his OPs.

And no, Examiner is unique and very shitty. Its contributors aren't edited in anyway (which the OP happily proves), are regularly accused of theft and outright plagiarism, and is run by a right-wing business. The op isn't here to show anyone the light; he just wants his fractions of cents for people to click on his click-bait link.

[Juicy_Bellows]

19. I have to agree with you.

I posted in one of the other threads asking them to make it clear it is their work and perhaps respond at least once or twice in your own thread. Crickets, no responses to anyone in any of their threads that I've seen. I say their and not his because I am not sure it's not a bot.

EDIT - How many 100 count posters do you know with only OPs?

I mean, come on.

[Person 2713]

20. Yeah but come on he says what they want to hear. I would have never noticed if it wasn't for

the low quality of journalism . The post where he said Iowa was in the south makes me think he ,it may be far far away too but I also know the uneducated need to eat too so who knows but others have to come to their own conclusions and as I said when he comes back to this post I will listen to what he has to say in his defense
Snark

[Juicy_Bellows]

21. I don't really get it. It's painfully shameless.

If not against the rules ok, but I think their actions are against the spirit of the board. Just my opinion.

[Person 2713]

22. Me too but I expect it will continue . People like it so it sells

[1StrongBlackMan]

25. Where did you read this ...

I also read today that only 33% of AAs even know who Bernie is. And that 23% of AAs support him.

Link please.

[GReedDiamond]

18. Results of the alert on the OP...

On Sun Aug 16, 2015, 12:49 AM an alert was sent on the following post:

Bernie Sanders is starting to get noticed by African Americans for his civil rights record
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251521055

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

Possible terms of service violation for spamming.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Sun Aug 16, 2015, 01:06 AM, and the Jury voted 2-5 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: ToS states: No spammers.
Do not spam Democratic Underground with commercial advertising or promotions.
Neither the post, nor the article listed was an advertisement nor promotion (at least not non-political) therefor it doesn't meet the criteria of being spam according to the ToS. If I'm to make judgements based on violations of the ToS then I must follow directions of the ToS. Whether it's "clickbait" or not is irrelevant as it's a valid article that is neither offensive nor an advertisement, just opinionated.
If the poster has a history of spamming links to this site that is the responsibility of mirt as I can only judge based on the evidence presented here.
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: This is the most stoopid, fucked up alert in the history of DU. Fuck this shit.
Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: poster's profile -it says he is a free lance writer for examiner com.
This is the second such alert on this poster I've seen.
The link as it is ,I don't know what's in it because I didn't click on it.
A poster says it's a good story.
The post seems non offensive and it doesn't bother me. The ignore button is always an option.
Juror #7 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given

Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

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Me? I was juror #2.

[davidpdx]

23. I agree exactly with what you said

But I would add the word pathetic. Notice that the two users who voted to hide it couldn't even bother coming up with an explanation.

[1StrongBlackMan]

24. No numbers? n/t

[Godhumor]

26. Please don't click any links provided by the OP

He only comes on DU to get people to click on his own poorly written blog articles on Examiner. He never participated in any threads outside of doing so. Considering the Examiner pays by page views, he doesn't care what criticism his posts are met with as long as people click the link.

[1StrongBlackMan]

28. Okay. Gotcha ...

I read the article and walked away completely disappointed.

[sufrommich]

27. Since when is Cory Booker a Sanders supporter? nt

[1StrongBlackMan]

29. He is ...

but in the "gotta find a Black Bernie supporter" frenzy ... a DUer posted that Booker had come out for Bernie about a week or so ago ... and that had morphed into a full-throated endorsement ... until someone actually look at what he said ...he said that Bernie has a good record on civil rights (or something like that).

[sufrommich]

30. I'm sure Booker likes and admires Sanders,but he endorsed

Hillary.Calling him a Sanders supporter is a bit of yellow journalism.

[1StrongBlackMan]

31. True, but as on DU ... It feeds the narrative, yellow or not. n/t