2020 presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sounded a lot like Donald Trump in Iowa this week as the socialist went after media coverage of the campaign, singling out the Washington Post.
“See, I talk about that all of the time,” Sanders said at an Iowa town hall, of Amazon not paying taxes. “And then I wonder why the Washington Post – which is owned by Jeff Bezos, who owns Amazon – doesn’t write particularly good articles about me. I don’t know why.”
The line of attack is popular among Sanders’ top rival next fall were Sanders to win the Democratic nomination. Trump has tweeted criticism of the Post more than 20 times since becoming president, often tying the newspaper to Amazon when complaining that paper’s coverage is biased.
Now the Vermont senator’s presidential campaign is launching a newsletter it says will feature “scoops, insights and news nuggets” on the 2020 election. The newsletter draws similarities to a move made by Trump in 2016 when the Republican presidential candidate launched his own broadcast during the end phase of the general election and flirting with the idea of creating new television network after the election if he lost.
The “Bern Notice” put out by the Sanders campaign is slated to “have all sorts of goodies” for its readers, “whether you are a journalist, activist or a news junkie.”
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11.29.2024