{"id":28406,"date":"2020-02-26T14:42:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T19:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=28406"},"modified":"2020-02-26T15:36:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T20:36:13","slug":"the-progressive-bloc-the-mainstream-medias-mask-has-fallen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/opinion\/2020\/02\/26\/the-progressive-bloc-the-mainstream-medias-mask-has-fallen\/","title":{"rendered":"The Progressive Bloc: The Mainstream Media’s Mask Has Fallen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Progressive Bloc is an opinion column by Contributing Writer Quinton Bradley that discusses politics, society and culture from an unapologetically left-wing perspective.<\/em><\/strong>
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After pulling off a three-peat<\/a> in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada, Bernie Sanders\u2019 chances of securing the Democratic nomination look ever more possible<\/a>. In response, Democratic elites and overpaid cable news pundits have spent time making fools of themselves both in print and on camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It all began as a steady progression in the aftermath of the Iowa caucus mess up to now where as of this writing, Sanders has absolutely crushed it<\/a> in the Nevada caucuses, winning 46.8% of the votes<\/a> with 96% of the total votes being accounted for since the polls closed on Wednesday. Sanders\u2019 lead was so strong during the first night that he was officially declared the winner by NBC, The Associated Press and Fox News mere hours later with barely a fifth of the votes having been reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, of course, news outlet MSNBC has ramped up their disdain of the Vermont senator to cartoonish levels, acting as a Comcast<\/a>-appointed sock puppet hell-bent on convincing the legion of limousine liberals, technocrats, moderate Dems and suburban wine moms with \u201c#resist\u201d in their Twitter bios making up their viewership that a Sanders presidency would result in the end of America as we know it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following Iowa, the usual complaints and insults were voiced over and over. \u201cElectability.\u201d \u201cHasn\u2019t been vetted yet.\u201d \u201cWhat about those who like their private insurance?\u201d \u201cWhat about his health?\u201d Fear-mongering rants accusing Sanders of being partial toward Soviet-style communism were recycled as if they hadn\u2019t already been used back in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because, you know, advocating for \u201cradical\u201d things like free universal healthcare, free public college and raising taxes on the wealthy is just like advocating for the abolishment of private property, the elimination of all forms of currency and the support of centralized dictator-style leadership. I\u2019m all but certain that Stalin and Mao would totally<\/em> agree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The red-baiting reached Saturday Night Live sketch levels-of-ridiculousness after the New Hampshire Democratic debate when MSNBC\u2019s Chris Matthews implied<\/a> a parallel between Sanders and communist revolutionary Fidel Castro, suggesting that if Castro and the Soviets had overtaken the U.S. during the Cold War \u201c\u2026there would have been executions in Central Park and I might have been one of the ones getting executed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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