Bernie Sanders supporters are not paranoid to suspect that there is a conspiracy to prevent him from getting the presidential nomination. Indeed, given the existential threat that his politics pose for the rich and powerful, the Democratic Party elite and their wealthy donors seem downright terrified of his redistributive policy platform. Hence, many large media outlets and the elite pundit class have, often subtly, allied themselves against him.
The Washington Examiner, typically a right-leaning newspaper, reported on the incident. “Brian Williams just tried to make an anonymous Twitter troll into a source,” the headline blared. “Just to recap: Brian Williams cited an anonymous troll who accused Sanders falsely of 'torpedoing' Clinton to claim some Democrats are upset with the senator’s Trump-like talking points,” Becket Adams wrote. “And the anchor cited a stupid #Resistance tweet unconnected to the larger issue of Sanders' criticisms of the Washington Post.”
Once again, the dust-up proves little beyond what Sanders supporters already knew: that the liberal elite of media and punditry, in general, do not like Bernie Sanders and will go to great lengths to depict his supporters as bad people, hoping that readers and viewers will view his entire campaign through that lens. One could almost conclude they are frightened.
