Inside the “Bernie Blackout”, France’s State of Emergency & Police Wrongful Death Settlements

Since the start of his campaign, Bernie Sanders has been critical of the mainstream media claiming that their ties to the establishment played a major role in the representation and lack of coverage of his presidential campaign. Is Bernie’s argument valid or is Sanders blaming the media for his flailing presidential campaign? The French parliament approved a new two-month extension of the state of emergency that was declared after the Paris attacks in November by ISIS. Is the French government making similar mistakes that the US did after 9/11? Lastly, we look into the failed prosecution of Dante Servin, a Chicago cop, who was acquitted of the murder of Rekia Boyd and the way cities in the US have decided to handle the settling of wrongful death lawsuits involving police officers with the Huffington Post’s Senior Viral Editor Nick Wing in this episode of Media Mayhem hosted by Allison Hope Weiner.