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My Biggest Problem With the Coverage of Bernie Sanders.
What bothers me most about the way the media treats the Senator’s campaign.
Since 2015, we have watched as Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders changed the entire political landscape here in the United States. Thanks to his organization efforts and unapologetic, staunch defense of his positions, the Overton window has shifted significantly to the left on a number of issues such as Medicare for All, criminal justice reform, and the tax structure just to name a few. But perhaps the most impressive aspect of Bernie Sanders and his organizing success is the millions of individuals his organizers have reached across the country, and helped motivate to become more politically engaged (myself being one of them).
Regardless of how you feel about Bernie or his policies, there is no denying that the man has started a movement that the left in the United States hasn’t seen since the days of F.D.R. Because of him, healthcare has become the issue at the forefront of the national discourse, and he is unprecedented in modern history of presidential campaigns in terms of his efforts to get to know constituencies and voters all across the country.
But in spite of everything that he has achieved, the media coverage surrounding him has been generally unkind to say the least…
