In which states would Bernie have done better or worse..

[JCanete]

59. do you understand the absurdity of saying that the media hardly took him serious because

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he wasn't a viable candidate?

This is really important, and I'm glad that you would present the facts the way you did because they present an opportunity to actually talk about the media's role in king making. Was Trump a viable candidate for President? Did the media take him seriously?

Yes it fucking did, whether that's what it thought it was doing or not, it was propping him up as a contender.

I'm so glad that you recognize that during the primaries the media didn't' take Sanders seriously. I absolutely agree. To go further, I agree that had he won that uphill battle and taken the primary, the media would have found a way to take him less seriously than Trump.

So I ask you, what does that actually say about our media's role in electioneering? What does that say about our media's role in determining who is viable? The media didn't think Sanders was a joke because he wasn't viable. The media had no interest in promoting a socialist and for that reason tried to make him a joke and to ensure that he wasn't viable.

I'm simply saying, you can't accept your own characterization of Sander's viability without running into contradictions when it comes to Trump's candidacy.

Absolutely, had Bloomberg run, we know who the media would have favored...but it would have been a strange year, and he would have pulled more republicans than progressives, so I"m not so certain of your end result, but I grant I don't know the answer, and as Sanders himself has said, "What does it matter now?"