Some people seem to be under the impression that the "Bernie makes my skin crawl" comment from Mimi Rocah was a one-off when it comes to the egregious news reporting by the network, but FAIR makes it clear in their critique of the network that the bias against Sanders by MSNBC has been well-established at this stage of the primary cycle:
Some examples from the article:
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1. 49 < 48
Result: Sanders goes from second to "fourth" place.
MSNBC made a handy graphic for a poll on July 7 that showed 2020 match-ups against Trump among Democratic voters. The list was in descending order of candidates' polling numbers—except for Bernie Sanders, whose name is placed under Warren's and Harris's, though he polls higher than both of them. (If the list is ordered by the margin between the candidate and Trump, Sanders would be in third place, behind Harris.)
2. 5 >7
Result: Sanders goes from second to "third" place.
Lest you think this was an isolated incident, MSNBC's Steve Kornacki placed Sanders' name below Warren's on July 15, when he was "reporting" on a poll put out by the Washington Postand NBC (MSNBC's parent company.) Once again, the order of the names is descending by poll numbers—except for Bernie Sanders', which is, once again, placed below where it should be. This time, Sanders is placed below Warren, though he polls higher than she does (both in the percentage who say they would vote for each candidate and the spread over Trump). This same order is used in the online story's headline (7/14/19), which says, "Trump Trails Biden, Warren and Sanders in New NBC News/Wall Stree Journal Poll."
But it gets worse. It was misleading to have Sanders' name after Warren's in the graphic, but an absolute error or lie to say Warren was second, which Kornacki, who was talking about a poll conducted by his own company, did. I had to re-watch the video to make sure I wasn't missing something, but Kornacki does indeed say (at 1:09): "Elizabeth Warren, she's been running second place, she is running second place on the Democratic side. She leads Trump by 5 points." Then Kornacki shows the person who is actually in second place and says, "Bernie Sanders, he leads by 7 points."
4. 25 = 28
Result: Sanders goes from first to "second" place.
After an April Monmouth poll showed Sanders polling at 27 percent among non-white voters and Biden polling at 25 percent, Velshe and Ruhle (4/29/19) showed a graphic which somehow added three points to Biden's numbers, putting him in "first" place.
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There are more examples in the article, so check it out if you're interested, but I think we're beyond the "conspiracy theory" phase of the conversation at this point. The facts are right there. The question is, is anything going to be done about it? Probably not, but at least there's a mountain of evidence to reference for those who don't keep up with MSNBC's shenanigans.
Some examples from the article:
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1. 49 < 48
Result: Sanders goes from second to "fourth" place.
MSNBC made a handy graphic for a poll on July 7 that showed 2020 match-ups against Trump among Democratic voters. The list was in descending order of candidates' polling numbers—except for Bernie Sanders, whose name is placed under Warren's and Harris's, though he polls higher than both of them. (If the list is ordered by the margin between the candidate and Trump, Sanders would be in third place, behind Harris.)
2. 5 >7
Result: Sanders goes from second to "third" place.
Lest you think this was an isolated incident, MSNBC's Steve Kornacki placed Sanders' name below Warren's on July 15, when he was "reporting" on a poll put out by the Washington Postand NBC (MSNBC's parent company.) Once again, the order of the names is descending by poll numbers—except for Bernie Sanders', which is, once again, placed below where it should be. This time, Sanders is placed below Warren, though he polls higher than she does (both in the percentage who say they would vote for each candidate and the spread over Trump). This same order is used in the online story's headline (7/14/19), which says, "Trump Trails Biden, Warren and Sanders in New NBC News/Wall Stree Journal Poll."
But it gets worse. It was misleading to have Sanders' name after Warren's in the graphic, but an absolute error or lie to say Warren was second, which Kornacki, who was talking about a poll conducted by his own company, did. I had to re-watch the video to make sure I wasn't missing something, but Kornacki does indeed say (at 1:09): "Elizabeth Warren, she's been running second place, she is running second place on the Democratic side. She leads Trump by 5 points." Then Kornacki shows the person who is actually in second place and says, "Bernie Sanders, he leads by 7 points."
4. 25 = 28
Result: Sanders goes from first to "second" place.
After an April Monmouth poll showed Sanders polling at 27 percent among non-white voters and Biden polling at 25 percent, Velshe and Ruhle (4/29/19) showed a graphic which somehow added three points to Biden's numbers, putting him in "first" place.
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Source:
There are more examples in the article, so check it out if you're interested, but I think we're beyond the "conspiracy theory" phase of the conversation at this point. The facts are right there. The question is, is anything going to be done about it? Probably not, but at least there's a mountain of evidence to reference for those who don't keep up with MSNBC's shenanigans.
