Last night’s democratic debate can be summed up thusly:
- Hillary Clinton had cool things to say that made Hillary Clinton fans happy.
- Bernie Sanders had cool things to say that made Bernie Sanders fans happy.
- Three other guys were placed on stage as filler.
- And the Internet overwhelmingly voted that Bernie nailed it
However, here’s a twist of Shyamalanian proportions: Every corner your turn through your major news outlets, you run into flashing neon signs declaring Hillary Clinton as the landslide victor. You may or may not have already seen this picture:
And that pretty much sums up the editorials the day after the democratic debate. I don’t have much more to say on the subject, except “Wow,” because this article here says it much better:
“Something is seriously wrong inside corporate media newsrooms. Either editors and pundits are so incompetent at their jobs that they wrongly assume Hillary Clinton was the favorite in last night’s debate, or they’re purposefully shoving Hillary Clinton down our throats and denying Bernie Sanders’ obvious popularity.”
Source: 6 Reasons Bernie Sanders Actually Won the Debate Despite What Pundits Claim | US Uncut
Hillary Clinton did do a great job and O’Malley came out of nowhere, but I was impressed by some of his answers (even though inviting victims of the Aurora, CO shooting felt too manipulative and disingenuous). Internet polls are far from conclusive, as it targets a narrow demographic. But the disparity between those polls/focus groups and editorials is definitely worth taking a second look at. And you already know my bias. Bernie Sanders is a brawler. And a lot of great points were made, but I’m going to go the entertainment route and put this right here:
And leave this link to College Humor’s recap of the debate here:
- The Democratic Debate Summarized in 5 Comics | College Humor
Did you watch the Democratic Debate? Or did you do something better with your time? Either way – thoughts?
Cheers,
Michelle
The Lonely Tribalist 
Didn’t bother watching. That CNN switcheroo is sure interesting though. Perfect example of how corporations can alter the news and thus alter viewers perception of reality.
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I turned the debates on late and didn’t even realize that there were three other people on the stage with Hiliary and Bernie until almost 20 minutes later! I listened for about half an hour and realized that it was everything I had already heard from them both and didn’t need to hear any more.
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It’s true. They didn’t say anything new. Hillary and Bernie by far received the most talk time (much to the chagrin of the others, especially Webb, which was both sad and hilarious).
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Reblogged this on A Simple, Village Undertaker and commented:
Anyone who knows me at all understands that I am a conservative. I am to the right of Limbaugh. I am also a student of politics and how the media all too often creates the news as opposed to reporting it, like this. . .
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