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The news anchors on MSNBC have compared Bernie Sanders to Stalin, and even suggested that Bernie would have “cheered” for “executions in Central Park.”
This morning, despite an avalanche of criticism, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough doubled down, this time suggesting that Bernie Sanders was a fan of Benito Mussolini.
“That's like saying Mussolini had the trains running. 'Have you seen the trains?' While people are up on meat hooks all lined up behind the train,” Scarborough said in response to Sanders's comments about Cuba's literacy programs.
The corporate media's smears of Bernie Sanders are out of control—and no one benefits more than Donald Trump.
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MSNBC has tried to brand itself as the liberal alternative to Fox News to boost ratings. But MSNBC is owned by Comcast, a corporation that has given hundreds of millions to Republicans and corporate Democrats and spent even more on lobbying in favor of tax cuts for the rich and against antitrust enforcement, net neutrality, and municipal broadband.
The closer we get to November, the more these attacks are sure to continue, as the corporate media unloads on Sanders and any other candidate who dares challenge their massive power by supporting policies like Medicare for All and a wealth tax.
But the corporate media is so terrified of someone who will challenge their power that they are resorting to desperate Cold War-era red baiting, even if that means four more years of Donald Trump.
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