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CNN Under Fire For Overtly Hostile Treatment Of Sanders In Iowa Debate
jonathanturley.org ^ | 1-15-20 | Jonathan Turley

Posted on 01/15/2020 7:27:23 AM PST by dynachrome

CNN has long been criticized for what many view as overtly hostile coverage of Sen. Bernie Sanders that goes back to the 2016 election where the CNN openly seemed to favor Hillary Clinton in her bid for the nomination. Yet, even for the most hardened critics of the network, yesterday’s debate in Des Moines was breathtaking in its unrelentingly negative questions of Sanders followed up relative softballs to others like Sen. Amy Klobuchar. However the lowest moment of this or any debate this year occurred when CNN reporter Abby Phillips made Sanders repeat his outright denial of the allegation by Elizabeth Warren that he told her that no woman could be president and then immediately stated that Sanders did make the comment in her next question to Warren. In watching with a room filled with people who are not affiliated with Sanders, Phillips’ statement led to loud gasps and Sanders himself seemed dumbfounded on stage by the bias shown by the CNN reporter. Later, Warren appeared to refuse to shake the hand of Sanders.

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KEYWORDS: 2020election; abbyphillips; amyklobuchar; berniesanders; clintonnonnews; cnn; desmoines; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; elizabethwarren; fauxahontas; hillaryclinton; iowa; jonathanturley; marxists; massachusetts; mediawingofthednc; minnesota; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; sanders; slingingbull; smearmachine; vermont; warren
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Rat fight!
1 posted on 01/15/2020 7:27:23 AM PST by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

Actually, I thought it was kinda’ neat!


2 posted on 01/15/2020 7:28:50 AM PST by laweeks
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To: dynachrome

Cnn: Mr Sanders do you still beat your wife.
Sanders: Yes, No! What?

Cnn: Ms Warren, how do you feel about Mr Sanders continued abuse of his wife?


3 posted on 01/15/2020 7:30:15 AM PST by uranium penguin
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To: dynachrome

Why should CNN, An Entertainment Network, be held to any standards?? If they were a News Outlet, you might have a valid argument, but they aren’t.


4 posted on 01/15/2020 7:30:53 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: dynachrome

Bernie is right. Name a woman who could bear Donald Trump in 2020. You can’t do it. Who is left?


5 posted on 01/15/2020 7:31:45 AM PST by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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"And just *who* do you think Clinton-Non-News works for?"

Creepy Joe Biden: Image Gallery (List View) | Know Your Meme

6 posted on 01/15/2020 7:31:49 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: dynachrome

It’s Plugs turn Bernie, didn’t you get the memo?


7 posted on 01/15/2020 7:33:43 AM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: dynachrome

CNN got their marching orders from the Deep State to do a number on Sanders again just like in 2016. It seems all the establishment RATs and a growing number of their voters are beginning to unite behind Slow Joe!


8 posted on 01/15/2020 7:34:04 AM PST by dowcaet
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To: dynachrome

I watched a lot of their coverage following the debate. Every single CNN commentator was depressed saying that this performance did not demonstrate any candidate who can take on Donald Trump. I was watching a little bit of the end of the debate and couldn’t agree more. They were intensely boring and that carried over into their post debate interviews. The CNN people kept repeating again and again that the democrats have to step up their game they cannot defeat 1 of the most formidable campaigners in American history with this group.


9 posted on 01/15/2020 7:35:44 AM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: eyeamok

Exacly right. CNN is not a bonafide news outlet. It is basically a running infomercial for the DNC.


10 posted on 01/15/2020 7:36:42 AM PST by Starboard
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To: dynachrome

They’re all Communists. Not just Sanders.


11 posted on 01/15/2020 7:37:31 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: dynachrome

Sanders got the rug yanked out from under him once already. You think he’d know what to do ... or at least what to expect...


12 posted on 01/15/2020 7:41:32 AM PST by SMARTY ("Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights".)
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To: dynachrome

Which of those candidates can attract 20,000 people to a rally on a couple of days notice?


13 posted on 01/15/2020 7:42:52 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The Electoral College is the firewall protecting us from massive blue state vote fraud.)
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To: dynachrome; All

I don’t think Bernie really cares. He’s going through the motions (again) for the Big Payday. What will it be THIS time? He’s got all the houses; maybe a big pallet of cash delivered in the dark of night?

*SNORT*

They’re all insufferable Commies...but they sure are good at fleecing their stupid base! Cha-CHING!


14 posted on 01/15/2020 7:45:28 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: dynachrome

They’re all low-hanging fruit.


15 posted on 01/15/2020 7:46:13 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: SMARTY

Bernie offered to shake Warren’s hand after the debate—and was offered a fist instead.

Womyn’s Power!

The squaw is on the warpath!


16 posted on 01/15/2020 7:47:08 AM PST by cgbg (The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
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To: dynachrome

How will it affect the dozens of people who watched?


17 posted on 01/15/2020 7:47:53 AM PST by shelterguy
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To: cgbg

One classless liar squaring off with another classless liar. That’s the Liberal way-cheesy, trashy behavior and NO class.


18 posted on 01/15/2020 7:49:26 AM PST by SMARTY ("Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights".)
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To: dynachrome

Pretty bad when even the dems are calling CNN fake news.


19 posted on 01/15/2020 7:50:30 AM PST by ArtDodger
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To: dynachrome

Off to the Goulag with CNN.


20 posted on 01/15/2020 7:50:40 AM PST by blackdog (Making wine cave appearances upon request.)
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