Regardless of the issues that typically divide the republicans and democrats, for instance, goverment spending, government regulation, guns, taxes, social security, abortions, Obamacare, gay marriage (that's been settled, except maybe if you're a republican), war,… in the bigger picture, Wall Street and the owners of the media do not want to see too much change in the financial system. So to the Fuming Bernie supporters: Why is CNN deleting our comments?, that's why.
Artist's Impression Of Who (Really) Won The Democrat's Debate?
Courtesy of ZeroHedge. View original post here.
The verdict is in from Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential debates: Bernie Sanders’ message influenced viewers by leaps and bounds over the next most discussed candidate, Hillary Clinton.
Unless, of course, as TheAntiMedia.org's Claire Bernish rightly rages, you prefer the convenient swill of pre-planned, pre-packaged, predictable corporate media propaganda that unanimously sang Clinton’s praises while completely ignoring one essential thing – you know, reality.
Regardless of your opinion of the candidates, or politics for that matter, elections amount to a fascinating study in propaganda — and though parsing engineered narrative from fact usually requires at least a modicum of effort, the case of Hillary’s resounding ‘ghost victory’ wins the Captain Obvious Propaganda Lifetime Achievement Award.
First, a look at corporate media’s pundits, headlines, and a few tidbits of content whose obsequious drivel seems more comic fodder than serious political commentary.
Vox: Hillary Clinton silenced her critics
“This is the Hillary Clinton that Democrats have been waiting for. The most important aspect of Clinton’s performance though, wasn’t whether she won — she did — but how she connected to progressive Democrats […] Perhaps it took a little competition, but the passion Clinton sometimes lacks on the campaign trail was in full force Tuesday night. She was having fun.”
The New York Times: Who Won and Lost the Democratic Debate? The Web Has Its Say
“Bloggers, commentators and the Twitterati quickly weighed in on the first Democratic debate, scoring the winners and losers. Hillary Rodham Clinton was the clear victor, according to the opinion shapers in the political world (even conservative commentators).”
NPR: Clinton Takes First Steps To Dispel Doubts About Candidacy
“Hillary Clinton, the candidate with the most to lose, may have come away having gained the most. [Clinton performed] more ably than in any other major media appearance since her best debates and speeches in 2008 […] At times, she even appeared to be enjoying herself.”
The Guardian: Hillary Clinton won the Democratic debate, simply by saying ‘no’
“All debate wins come down to some form of managed expectations: campaigns hint to reporters what their goals are, topically; reporters lecture campaigns on what those goals should be; and the candidate who more effectively conveys the most things in the overlap of that Venn diagram then gets called the winner until the next week’s polls.
But if you need to pick a winner from Tuesday night’s Democratic debate, Hillary Clinton will do.”
‘I was going to have Death by Chocolate, but mincemeat will do’ — are they serious?
But plenty of us notice. Indeed, more people notice the lies every day.
On a final note, for all the talk of winners and losers, arguably the worst loser of the night is perhaps the most pressing current issue in foreign policy: Syria. With just seven total mentions by the candidates throughout the debate, the tumult in Syria didn’t even come close to Americans and their guns — a topic that came up 20 times among them.