Sanders Supporters Vindicated: Proof DNC Used Media to Rig Election for Hillary

Bernie Sanders’ supporters and independent media outlets have repeatedly offered convincing evidence to back up claims of disenfranchised Sanders supporters that corporate media’s fatuous prattling over Hillary Clinton likely tipped the elections in her favor and now there is proof; leaked emails show the DNC collaborated with media organisations to swing opinion in favor Clinton.

“Our goals in the coming months will be to frame the Republican field and the eventual nominee early and to provide a contrast between the GOP field and HRC,” an email dated May 26, 2015, states. The leaked mail was posted by “Guccifer 2.0”, an obvious hat tip to the Romanian hacker who allegedly accessed Clinton’s private email server multiple times.

One of the strategies cited in the document for “positioningand public messaging” states, “Use specific hits to muddy the waters around ethics, transparency and campaign finance attacks on HRC.”

Mainstream media tried to focusattention on the hack of the Democratic National Committee’s strategy to oppose Donald Trump, in order to deflect the narrative in away from the many queries about personal ethics, incompetence, financial irregularities and comtempt for law. These efforts to manipulate public opinion in Hillary’s favor have passed unreported by the mainstream, as US Uncut reports.

The batch leaked emails however show the failure to cover all aspect of the Clinton campaign was not just lazy, sloppy journalism but a carefully planned coordination between the Democratic Nomination Committee (DNC) and corporate media, touting Clinton, rather than Sanders. In fact Hillary had been the presumptive nominee from the outset, in accord with a deal made in 2008 toThe White House. This is exactly as pro - Sanders activists and fair elections advocates had suspected. The deal was widely known to have taken place and Bernie Sanders has hinted that the corrupt, undemocratic behaviour of the DNC and Hillary Clinton played a large part in his decision to run.

Under the heading “Tactics,” the document states,“Working with the DNC and allied groups, we will use several different methods to land these attacks” — including, under the subheading, “Reporter Outreach”:

“Working through the DNC and others, we should use background briefings, prep with reporters for interviews with GOP candidates, off-the-record conversations and oppo pitches to help pitch stories with no fingerprints and utilize reporters to drive a message.” And under “Bracketing Events,” the email states: “Both the DNC and outside groups are looking to do events and press surrounding Republican events to insert our messaging into their press and to force them to answer questions around key issues.”

Here's a look at one of the incriminating emails:

Most revealing in this particular document is its conclusion, which reads, in part, “Our goal is to use this conversation to answer the questions who do we want to run against and how best to leverage other candidates to maneuver them into the right place.”

Guccifer 2.0 also leaked a two-page list titled “HRCelection plans,” which, as US Uncut noted, includes a talking point that later appeared word for word in Clinton’s video announcement of her bid to run for president:

“Americans have fought their way back from tough economic times but the deck is still stacked for those at the top.”

As well as showing a carefully-orchestrated fugue of vapid Clintonisms similar to the clichés and banalities of Barack Obama that in 2008 due to saturation hype by the media, enough voters were prepared to mistake for "soaring rhetoric". The unconscious irony of the former First Lady, a multi - millionaire by inheritance in her own right and with her serial rapist husband, a shameless plunderer of public money pontificating on ‘stacked decks’ for the elite shows a gobsmacking level of either insensitivity, hypocrisy or cognitive dissonance in this context.

Prior to the release of the hacked documents, an analysis of election coverage by Neal Gabler, published in Truthout, showed unacceptable favoritism for Clinton in mainstream media throughout the 2016 primary season and in discussing the actual presidential election due in November.

Even as Sanders experienced growing success, the media downplayed its extent through comparisons with Trump — characterizing the two as ‘outsider’ candidates — thus creating a psychological parallel between the long standing Vermont senator’s popularity and the demagoguery of wheeler dealer billionaire Trump.

Eventually, as the Sanders campaign continued to prosper among the working class Democrat voters despite a near blackout in mass media, while Hillary cleaned up among the professional, academic and college educated sectors a few mainstream outlets resorted to outright hostility to achieve a pro-Clinton message. As Anti-Media reported, Newsweek’s Kurt Eichenwald published a scurrilous piece of misrepresentation on Sanders, and his supporters, titled “Get Control, Senator Sanders, or Get Out.”

“So, Senator Sanders,” Eichenwald sycophantically sneered, “either get control of what is becoming your increasingly unhinged cult, or get out of the race.”

The blatant bias was to get worse. Though irate voters and journalists of integrity immediately called out the premature announcement that Clinton had won the nomination as farce, it’s clear — particularly with these leaked emails that had been the end game from the outset. When Associated Press awarded the nomination to Clinton shortly before the final round of primary elections, it could not have done anything other than affect Sanders' vote in those primaries negatively.

As the mainstream largely directed attention to the hack of the Democratic National Committee’s strategy to oppose Donald Trump, this collusion to steer the narrative in Hillary’s favor appears to have gone unnoticed, as US Uncut reported. But this series of leaked emails show a meticulously plotted coordination between DNC narratives touting Clinton, rather than Sanders, as if she had been the presumptive nominee from the outset — precisely as activists and fair elections advocates had suspected.

Under the heading “Tactics,” the document states, “Working with the DNC and allied groups, we will use several different methods to land these attacks” — including, under the subheading, “Reporter Outreach”:

“Working through the DNC and others, we should use background briefings, prep with reporters for interviews with GOP candidates, off-the-record conversations and oppo pitches to help pitch stories with no fingerprints and utilize reporters to drive a message.” And under “Bracketing Events,” the email states: “Both the DNC and outside groups are looking to do events and press surrounding Republican events to insert our messaging into their press and to force them to answer questions around key issues.”

Most revealing in this particular document is its conclusion, which reads, in part, “Our goal is to use this conversation to answer the questions who do we want to run against and how best to leverage other candidates to maneuver them into the right place.”

Guccifer 2.0 also leaked a two-page list titled “HRC election plans,” which, as US Uncut noted, includes a talking point that later appeared word for word in Clinton’s video announcement of her bid to run for president:

“Americans have fought their way back from tough economic times but the deck is still stacked for those at the top.”

Not only does this show a carefully-orchestrated spoonfeeding of vapid Clinton-isms to the ostensibly unsuspecting public, the irony of the former First Lady pontificating on ‘stacked decks’ for the elite bears a startling degree of hypocrisy in this context.

Prior to the release of these hacked documents, an analysis of election coverage by Neal Gabler, published in Truthout, evidenced startling favoritism for Clinton by the mainstream media throughout the 2016 election season thus far. While not entirely overt, the media’s fondness for Hillary often resorted to blatant dishonesty to avoid showing Sanders in a favourable light.

Even as Sanders experienced growing success, the media downplayed its extent through comparisons with Trump — characterizing the two as ‘outsider’ candidates — thus creating a psychological parallel between the Vermont senator’s popularity and the demagoguery of the contentious billionaire.

Eventually, as Sanders continued to experience success despite a veritable media blackout, a few mainstream outlets resorted to outright hostility to achieve a pro-Clinton message. As Anti-Mediapreviously reported, Newsweek’s Kurt Eichenwald published a scathing hit piece on not only Sanders, but his supporters, titled “Get Control, Senator Sanders, or Get Out.”

“So, Senator Sanders,” Eichenwald sycophantically sneered, “either get control of what is becoming your increasingly unhinged cult, or get out of the race.”

Though irate voters and journalists with actual integrity across the country immediately called out the Associated Press’ premature announcement Clinton had won the nomination as farce, it’s clear, particularly in the light of these leaked emails, that had been the only possible result from the outset.

US Uncut reported neither the DNC nor the Clinton campaign returned request for comment on the leaked emails.