News Brief: Let's Relitigate the Shit Out of 2016 -- with Thomas Frank
Added 2019-03-01 02:28:47 +0000 UTCIn this News Brief we review the media coverage of Sanders and Clinton in 2016 and how this past is being written and rewritten to set the narrative for 2020.
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Guest
Thomas Frank is a journalist, political analyst and historian. He is the co-founder of The Baffler magazine and author of several books, including What's the Matter with Kansas?, Pity The Billionaire, and Listen, Liberal, or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?
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Show Notes
Swat Team: The media’s extermination of Bernie Sanders, and real reform
Thomas Frank | November 2016 | Harper's
The Myth That Sanders Hasn’t Been Criticized Won’t Go Away
Adam Johnson | May 25, 2016 | FAIR
Cable News Covers Everyone’s Speech but Sanders–Who Made the Mistake of Discussing Policy
Adam Johnson | March 16, 2016 | FAIR
Washington Post Ran 16 Negative Stories on Bernie Sanders in 16 Hours
Adam Johnson | March 8, 2016 | FAIR
Zac Petkanas | February 20, 2019 | NBC News
Inside Hillary Clinton’s Secret Takeover of the DNC
Donna Brazile | November 2, 2017 | Politico
Behind The Media Surge Against Bernie Sanders
Norman Solomon | June 19, 2017 | Huffington Post
Polls Say Bernie Is More Electable Than Hillary. Don’t Believe Them.
William Saletan | April 26, 2016 | Slate
Michael Tomasky | May 24, 2016 | The Daily Beast
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Comments
At 14:16, Adam refers to Donna Brazile as Donna Brassiere. I don't have anything to add to that, I just got a kick out of it.
Thomas G
2019-03-04 00:25:46 +0000 UTCThis was an embarrassment of riches. Had Katie Halper been on this episode, my head would have exploded...
2019-03-02 06:25:19 +0000 UTCGreat ep.
2019-03-01 18:17:08 +0000 UTCThis was incredible. I love Thomas Frank.
RealNoDeuces
2019-03-01 17:12:47 +0000 UTC
