THIS IS A FUN STORY.
DID YOU KNOW THERE IS BERNIE TV?
I RECENTLY FOUND OUT ABOUT IT.
IT TURNS OUT THEY ARE FOUR EPISODES AND.
MY SURPRISE ABOUT THE STORY IS PART OF THE STORY.
THE REASON IS BEFORE THE CAMPAIGN ENDED THE MAINSTREAM
MEDIA TALKED NONSTOP ABOUT TRUMP TV.
NOW IT TURNS OUT ONE OF THE CANDIDATES WHO WAS ONE OF THE
TOP CONTENDERS HAS ACTUALLY STARTED HIS OWN BROADCAST.
MAINSTREAM MEDIA, WHERE ARE YOU?
TO BE FAIR, BERNIE SANDERS ñ COME ON REACHOUT.
I'M SURE HE REACHED OUT AND THEY IGNORED HIM.
BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO LET OTHER PEOPLE KNOW TOO.
ANYWAY, IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE YOU HAVE FOUND OUT AND
YOU ARE WATCHING IT IN DROVES.
I WILL SHOW YOU A CLIP AND SHOW YOU THE NUMBERS.
LET ME GO TO THE ONE OUTLET THAT DID COVER IT, ALEX FROM NBC NEWS
WHO IS GREATLY DISMISSIVE OF OTHER BERNIE SANDERS MOVEMENTS.
HE HAS ANOTHER SCARE QUOTE HERE.
OVERALL I GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR COVERING IT.
AND YOU CAN USE THAT ONLINE TO GET A BIG AUDIENCE.
SO WHAT IS ON THE SHOW?
ISN'T THAT AMAZING?
4.6
MILLION VIEWS FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY.
THAT IS A LOT OF VIEWS.
SO YOU SAW IT ALL OVER CABLE NEWS RIGHT?
NOTHING FROM THEM.
AGAIN THE WRITER HERE, MY OLD "FRIEND."
HE PUTS THE CORPORATE MEDIA IN QUOTES.
THERE IS A CORPORATE MEDIA, THE WENT ALMOST COMPLETELY
IGNORING THIS ENTIRE STORY.
IRONIC CREDIT TO ALEX, HE IS AT LEAST COVERING IT.
LET'S GO TO SOME OF THE NUMBERS.
HOLY COW.
THAT IS REALLY SUCCESSFUL.
NONETHELESS SOUND OF SILENCE.
HE INTERVIEWED JANE MAYER, AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER.SHE
TALKS ABOUT SOMETHING YOU ALMOST NEVER HEAR ABOUT AND CABLE NEWS.
LET'S WATCH
VOTER
SUPPRESSION AND THE SO-CALLED MYTH OF VOTER FRAUD.
ONE OF THE AREAS THAT IMDB CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE ATTACK
ON DEMOCRACY.
IT IS NOT JUST BILLIONAIRES ABLE TO BUY ELECTIONS, IT IS A VERY
DELIBERATE EFFORT ON THE PART OF MANY REPUBLICANS TO TRY AND
SUPPRESS THE VOTE.
MAKING IT HARDER FOR POOR, YOUNG PEOPLE, OR PEOPLE OF COLOR TO
PARTICIPATE AND THEY DO THAT UNDER THE GUISE OF VOTER FRAUD.
THIS IS THE KIND OF FAKE SCHOLARSHIP THAT HAS COME OUT
OF THE THINK TANKS FUNDED BY THESE PARTISAN SOURCES.
AND THE IDEA OF VOTER FRAUD HAS BEEN PROMOTED BY THE BRADLEY
FOUNDATION FOR INSTANCE WHICH IS A NONPROFIT THAT IS FUNDED BY
A LOT OF THE SAME RIGHT-WING MONEY.
IT CONFUSES PEOPLE, THEY GET WORRIED AND THEY THINK THEIR
VOTES ARE GOING TO BE STOLEN.
VOTER FRAUD IS A SERIOUS ISSUE IF IT WAS REAL.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS IS THAT REPUBLICANS WILL WIN ELECTIONS
IF POOR PEOPLE, OLDER PEOPLE, WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE, PEOPLE
OF COLOR ARE KEPT AWAY FROM THE VOTING BOOTHS.
AND THAT IS WHAT THE INTENTION OF THIS WHOLE EFFORT IS ABOUT,
IS IT NOT?
THEY WOULDN'T SAY SO, BUT IT CERTAINLY SEEMS TO BE THE
EFFECT OF IT.
I WORKED IN CABLE NEWS, I KNOW WHAT THEY WILL SAY ABOUT
WHY THEY WON'T COVER THAT.
THEY WILL SAY IT IS PRETTY DRY HERE, YOU HAVE A SENATOR
TALKING TO A REPORTER.
WHAT PEOPLE WATCH THAT FOR 20 MINUTES?
WELL, APPARENTLY THEY ARE.
LET ME GIVE YOU THE NUMBERS.
IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT ANYWAY.
AND MY FAVORITE FACT.
WHEN IS THE LAST TIME ANYONE ON CABLE NEWS GOT 14 MILLION VIEWS?
THE LEADING HOST ON CABLE NEWS IS BILL O'REILLY, AND A GREAT
NIGHT HE GETS A LITTLE OVER 3 MILLION VIEWS.
SANDERS IS BASICALLY MORE THAN QUADRUPLING THAT ON A 42ND
VIDEO ON A CELL PHONE.
YET, SOUND OF SILENCE.
THE REAL REASON THE CORPORATE MEDIA DOESN'T COVER THAT IS
BECAUSE THEY JUST TOLD YOU THE BRADLEY FOUNDATION, WHICH IS
SUPPOSED TO BE A THINK TANK, IS ACTUALLY A FRONT FOR
CONSERVATIVE PROPAGANDA.
AND PROPAGANDA ON VOTER FRAUD.
THAT VOTER FRAUD IS MYTHICAL, IT IS NOT TRUE OR BACKED UP BY
THE DATA.
REPUBLICAN BILLIONAIRES FROM THINK TANKS WHICH PUSH THAT
AGENDA OUT, THE REPUBLICANS TAKE IT AND PUSH IT OUT.
AND THE CORPORATE MEDIA TELLS YOU 50-50.
THEY NEVER TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHERE THAT PROPAGANDA CAME
FROM IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHY THINGS LIKE BERNIE TV ARE NEEDED.
IF YOU ARE SURPRISED BY IT IS NOT THAT UNUSUAL, HE JUST HAS
A BETTER PLATFORM.
IN VERMONT HE USED TO DO A PUBLIC ACCESS SHOW.
I KNOW HOW THAT FEELS.
HE DID THAT BECAUSE HE WAS THERE TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE.
WHEN HE WAS A CONGRESSMAN HE USED TO DO A WEEKLY RADIO SHOW.
THEN LATER HE WOULD APPEAR ON TOM HARTMAN'S SHOW.
HE IS DYING TO GET HIS MESSAGE OUT ANY WAY HE CAN.
NOW BECAUSE OF THE INTERNET YOU CAN GET IT OUT TO MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE NO MATTER HOW MUCH THE CORPORATE MEDIA DOESN'T COVER
IT.
THERE WAS A DISCUSSION IN THE ARTICLE ABOUT SHOULD
PROGRESSIVES BE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS?
WILL IT BE COMPETITIVE?
I GET WHY THEY THINK THAT WAY.
IN THE OLD WORLD EVERYTHING IS COMPETITIVE.
THEY ASKED BILL, HE OF COURSE HAVE THE RIGHT ANSWER.
UNLIKE THE RIGHT WING AND THE CORPORATE MEDIA, WE ACTUALLY
BELIEVE IN OUR MESSAGE.
WE WANT THAT MESSAGE TO GO OUT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
SO AS TO HEAR THAT MESSAGE THROUGH THE YOUNG TURKS,
AWESOME.
IF THEY HEAR IT THROUGH BERNIE SANDERS, AWESOME.
THAT IS NOT COMPETITION, THAT IS A TERRIFIC DEVELOPMENT.
IF IT TOOK BERNIE SANDERS TO JUST SIT DOWN IN FRONT OF A
CAMERA AND START DOING THESE INTERVIEWS, THEN FANTASTIC.
I FIND IT AMAZING THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OBSESSED WITH
TRUMP TV WOULDN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT IT EVEN THOUGH IT NEVER
CAME TO FRUITION.
NOW THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY A POLITICIAN DOING IT AT
RECORD-BREAKING NUMBERS, THEY HAVEN'T SAID A WORD
ABOUT IT.
INTERESTING.