Has the New York Times Dismissed Bernie Sanders?

But of course.

The Old Gray Lady's in the tank for Hillary.

But see ombudswoman Margaret Sullivan, "Has the Times Dismissed Bernie Sanders?":

First, some numbers. Mr. Sanders, since his announcement on April 30 until the end of August, has been the subject of 59 Times articles (opinion pieces are not included here, nor are wire-service reports). This includes not only those on the news pages of the paper but also those in such mainly online homes as The Upshot and First Draft. Of those, 12 have been straight news coverage. And five Sanders articles have been on the front page since he declared.

How does this compare with the coverage of some of the other candidates, particularly Mrs. Clinton? Looking at August alone, The Times ran 14 articles on Mr. Sanders, compared with 54 on Mrs. Clinton. Donald Trump – like Mr. Sanders, also considered by many an extreme long shot for his party’s nomination – got the most coverage last month: 63 articles. Other Republican candidates received far less ink than Trump: Jeb Bush was the subject of 18 articles in August, and Marco Rubio, 10. (Of course, not all press is good press for any of the candidates. In Mrs. Clinton’s case, for example, many of the August articles dealt with her questionable email practices as secretary of state.)

So, in terms of numbers alone, The Times certainly has not ignored Mr. Sanders. The Times did get off to a very slow start with its Sanders coverage but has responded as the crowds at his events have grown...

Huh?

Fourteen to 54? Well, if they're not ignoring him, he's sure got a ways to go before catching up to Hillary's wall-to-wall saturation coverage. Sheesh. And remember, I like Bernie Sanders for the lulz. I mean, the guy's an out-in-the-open socialist and he's leading the polls in both Iowa and New Hampshire? You'd think that would be leading the news. But, Hillary Clinton partisans with bylines. You know the story.

Clinton Campaign Denied Access to David Martosko, Political Editor of Britain's Daily Mail

A closed, insular and obstructionist campaign is going to flail in the increasing and sustained spotlight of the presidential campaign trail. You'd think the Clintons, political veterans if there ever were any, would know this.

At London's Daily Mail, "Hillary Clinton campaign denies access to DailyMail.com political editor as Monday's pool reporter in New Hampshire" (at Memeorandum):

The Clinton campaign denied access to the designated print pool reporter in New Hampshire this morning.

David Martosko of DailyMail.com was told by Hillary for New Hampshire staffer Meredith Thatcher that he was not approved for Monday's pooled events.

When Martosko asked Thatcher to phone her boss, Harrell Kirstein, he was again told that he had not been approved by the campaign.

Martosko pressed further and asked Thatcher if he was being prohibited from getting on either of the pool vans, to which she replied; 'I'm afraid that's right.'

When he asked why, she responded; 'All I know is what Harrell has told me. I got an email saying the print pooler would be changed for today. Sorry.'

Martosko then spoke with Clinton press aide Nick Merrill for 10 minutes and learned that the campaign would not be allowing the designated print reporter to cover Mrs. Clinton today.

Merrill offered varied and contradictory reasons for this decision.

First he confirmed that the concern had to do with the Daily Mail’s status as foreign press, saying; 'We’ve been getting a lot of blowback from foreign outlets that want to be part of the pool and we need to rethink it all, maybe for a day, and just cool things off until we can have a discussion.'

Martosko then informed Merrill that the Guardian is part of the pool, and that the pool does not discriminate on the basis of media ownership.

Merrill said that the campaign’s position is that the Daily Mail does not qualify because it has not yet been added to the White House’s regular print pool – something Martosko informed him was a timing issue, not a White House choice, since Francesca Chambers, the Mail's White House correspondent, has been vetted and has a hard pass.

'We’re just trying to follow the same process and system the White House has,' said Merrill.

Merrill then insisted that the decision had 'nothing to do' with the campaign considering the Daily Mail foreign press.
'We don’t consider you foreign press,' he said.

Merill then added; 'This isn’t about you. It’s about a larger...' and did not continue his sentence...

"About the larger" what? About the larger critical coverage at the Daily Mail? Well, we wouldn't want to throw the Clinton coronation of track, now would we?

Or maybe "the larger" issue is that Martosko is conservative. Martosko a former executive editor at the Daily Caller, the right-wing media shop owned by Tucker Carlson.

Yeah, that might have something to do with it. The Clinton campaign's showing its ideological discrimination and bigotry against conservative journalist. Who'd have thunk it?!!

More at Memorandum and Politico.

New statement from Hillary press sec: "We have been working to create an equitable system…” (see last update) http://t.co/i16VjQfgJU

— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) June 15, 2015

Evening News Shows Ignoring 2014 Midterms but Pumped Up Democrat Takeover Prospects in 2006

And ABC World News Tonight is the freakin' worst, the Democrat (Stephanopoulos) d-bags

At NewsBusters, "TV News Blacks Out This Year’s Bad Election News for Democrats."

And at Fox News, Judith Miller just trashes Obama-shill Lynn Sweet's leftist "no bias" talking points. I mean the numbers aren't even close. And millions still tune into the network news broadcasts every night, so this Lynn Sweet line about how viewer news habits have changed is just pure bullshit. Shame on Fox for even giving that Chicago-shilling hack the airtime.

Sharyl Attkisson, Stonewalled: My Fight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation, and Harassment in Obama's Washington

Ms. Attkisson's book is out November 4th.

Pre-order at Amazon.

Harper Collins video about my book Stonewalled. Preorder now. (some proceeds to Brechner Center for Freedom of Info) https://t.co/k8MP1IgluR

— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) October 3, 2014

Associated Press: 'Members of Congress are falling over one another to show their support for Israel...'

It's not just on Twitter. AP's lede at the article claimed "Members of Congress are falling over one another" to show support for Israel.

At Twitchy, "‘Like the title of a Hamas press release': This is how the AP does ‘objective journalism’."

As much of world watches Gaza war in horror, members of Congress fall over each other to support Israel: http://t.co/DepO2etLQS
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 29, 2014