Today the Financial Post published a short but concise commentary from Editor-at-Large Diane Francis. I think the commentary is noteworthy because of the ideas she shares, particularly around media bias, which I haven’t seen much about from other news sources recently:
- If Bernie Sanders had won the Democratic nomination for, he would have defeated Trump. She believe Sanders would have “gotten the millions of votes from disenchanted rust-belt Democrats that Trump wooed.”
- “This week defines the new reality in America: There are only two brands that matter – Trump and Sanders – not Republics, Democrats, the New York Times, or CNN.”
- Bernie Sanders believe the “media is an arm of the ruling class in [the US].” Francis provides an example that Sanders recently gave about Disney Corporation, “owner of ABC and cable companies, [who] pays workers at their amusement parks $8 or $9 an hour, why is why they don’t run specials on the minimum wage or income inequality in America.”
It’ll take less than 10 mins, give the original a quick read, I think you’ll be interested by it.
Feature image via the Huffington Post.
