RSN: Norman Solomon | Why So Many Journalists Are Clueless About the Bernie 2020 Campaign

02 May 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News RSN: Norman Solomon | Why So Many Journalists Are Clueless About the Bernie 2020 Campaign  Norman Solomon, Reader Supported News Solomon writes: "Mainstream journalists routinely ignore the essential core of the Bernie 2020 campaign. As far as they're concerned, when Bernie Sanders talks about the crucial importance of grassroots organizing, he might as well be speaking in tongues."  EXCERPT:  For instance, this sentence from the speech that Sanders gave for the launch of his campaign a few weeks ago at Brooklyn College conveys a bit of what is antithetical to the assumptions of many in mainstream media: “Today, we say to the military-industrial-complex that we will not continue to spend $700 billion a year on the military – more than the next 10 nations combined. We’re going to invest in affordable housing, we’re going to invest in public education, we’re going to invest in rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure – not more nuclear weapons and never-ending wars.” READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation