Politico: Bernie Sanders vs. the Lamestream Media

[portlander23]

Politico: Bernie Sanders vs. the Lamestream Media
JACK SHAFER

Sanders possesses “the consistency of a piston,” as my colleague Michael Kruse recently put it. In his four decades of politicking, Sanders has remained faithful to his original views on labor, Wall Street and the banks, poverty, socialism, education, the environment, women’s rights, income disparities, foreign policy and the woes of the middle class.

Nor have Sanders’ ideas about media—especially what he calls the “corporate media”—wavered since he entered Vermont politics in the 1970s. In his view, the media tends to trivialize the important issues if it covers them at all. It wants to cover campaign fights, not campaign debates. It over-relies on entertaining soundbites. Its news agenda is about generating profits, not producing quality journalism that will “educate” the voters. And as powerful as the corporate media is, it seeks even more concentrated power through acquisition and consolidation.

“The corporate media talks about all kinds of issues except the more important issues,” Sanders said, hitting the trivialization check-box. “And time after time, I’m being asked to criticize Hillary Clinton. That’s the sport that you guys like,” he continued.

[cantbeserious]

1. When We Stand Together - No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go

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[Duckhunter935]

2. Go Bernie

[72DejaVu]

3. "Lamestream"? Really?

Where have I heard that before?

[LiberalLovinLug]

8. The ONE contribution that Caribou Barbie made that is actually clever and truthful

Not the tunnel-vision interpretation she had in mind mind you.

I love it. It describes the corporate media conglomerates exactly. I've got no problem stealing it and re-purposing it.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

10. I personally detest the phrase--makes me think of Big Gulps, stupidity, and angry incoherence. nt

[sufrommich]

11. I do too,it's right up there with changing

politicians names to include stupid insults,all of it reminds me of this:

[LiberalLovinLug]

13. She did not invent that phrase.

Which I kind of suspected. Its way too clever for her to have thought up. After a bit of Googling I found that it was first coined in 1999, in the Wall Street Journal (pre-Murdoch). And in all honesty, is there a better pun to describe the MSM?

http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/lamestream_media_lame_stream_media/

The term "Main Stream Media" was revolutionary in itself when it was first used. Implying a kind of news industry catered to the Mr. and Mrs. Average American. That it was becoming generic as ownership became more and more concentrated into a few hands.

"Lame Stream Media" (If you can forget one moment who made the term popular) builds on that trope. It implies that not only are the corporate media keeping the message palatable pablum for the masses consumption, but they have now sunk even further (when comparing them to the rise of more solid information one can get on the internet) and have deteriorated into limping useless shells of pretend journalism. Which, by definition, puts Fox News at the top of list of Lame Stream news organizations.

Dictionary.com gives the interpretation:

"the traditional media such as newspapers, television, and radio, considered by some people as old-fashioned and gullible when compared to online news sources such as blogs"

[Fred Sanders]

4. The corporate media and the political propaganda media will NEVER look in the mirror. I salute

anyone that may force them to do that.

Clinton is also any ally against the corporate media, and look what they have been trying to do to her!

THIS is the number one common enemy above all else.....a controlled media, it is an abomination to a democracy.

[AuntPatsy]

6. 1

[Thespian2]

7. After the Three P's pass,

corporations will control everything..

TPP TTIP TISA Corporations will absolutely control 2/3 of the global economy...

[Faux pas]

5. Kickin'

[Hortensis]

9. Politico is BUILT ON serving insider Washington. So it's no surprise

that most of the article adds up to a defense of the indefensible. Bernie's 100% right in all charges, of course.

[zappaman]

12. "Lamestream media"

Any other RW phrases you want to bring?