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US media make some presidential candidates look better: Analyst

Wednesday, 03 February 2016 6:37 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 06 February 2016 6:55 AM ]

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US media do not cover the presidential campaigns fairly, says Rozzo.

US Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders was right to negotiate the terms of the next televised debate with his rival, Hillary Clinton, because American news media are trying to deceive the public into choosing a certain candidate, says a US House candidate.

In an interview with Press TV on Wednesday, US congressional candidate Constantino Rozzo said Sanders has a good reason to set preconditions for the debate, “because quite frankly, there is a lot of issues that are normally avoided during the debate.”

Sanders said on Wednesday that he will partake in this week’s Democratic debate, after negotiations were held with Clinton’s campaign.

Fresh off her slim win in the Iowa caucuses on Tuesday, Clinton urged the Vermont senator to show up at the MSNBC’s Thursday night debate in New Hampshire.

The former Secretary of State edged past Sanders by a razor-thin margin of 0.2 points in Iowa.

Rozzo said his experience shows that the corporate US media usually avoids asking “the right questions,” which means some candidates will not be able to lay out their plans to tackle certain issues.

He described the act as “a form of media censorship in the United States to avoid some issues and prop up other issues that sometimes make one candidate look better than the other candidate.”

That is why, Rozzo argued, Sanders is right in negotiating the terms of the debate beforehand, because “he wants to expose more of his agenda.”

The analyst accused Clinton of copying her main rival’s agenda, citing Sanders’ better track record “of being true to form” as the reason.

“So I think that there is a little bit of fear that she can be exposed on many issues that she has backpedalled on and I think that Bernie is absolutely right in wanting these questions and asking people to pay attention to the issues that people should be paying attentions to rather than what the media wants,” Rozzo continued.

In his closing statements, the House candidate said none of the Republican Party’s candidates stand a chance to win the election because the American public is better informed today.

“Now that we have the digital age and more access to various news media outlets we could see through the Republican propaganda,” he explained.

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