Media Mayhem with Allison Hope Weiner
Episode 264
New York’s Primary & Election Coverage Analyzed with Media Matters’ Eric Boehlert
The New York primary and the battle between Clinton, Sanders and Trump is broken down with Eric Boehlert, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America. We look at the election coverage leading up to the primary and analyze the media’s portrayal of the remaining presidential candidates, in this uncensored Media Mayhem interview hosted by Allison Hope Weiner.
Episode Breakdown
00:01 Welcoming Eric Boehlert to Media Mayhem.
00:40 New York primary breakdown.
04:35 Sanders and Clinton campaign coverage.
07:05 The media’s portrayal of Sanders.
09:30 Why is the Clinton coverage so negative?
13:35 Sanders fundraising and voter suppression allegations.
17:35 Trump and RNC media manipulation.
19:35 The impact of Cruz’s ‘New York Values’ insult.
21:25 Thank you and goodbye.
Guest Bio
Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, and a former senior writer for Salon, Eric Boehlert’s books include “Lapdogs: How The Press Rolled Over for Bush,” and “Bloggers on the Bus: How the Internet Changed Politics and the Press.”
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https://twitter.com/EricBoehlert
https://www.facebook.com/MediaMayhem?directed_target_id=0
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