{"id":11609,"date":"2016-03-09T17:32:21","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T01:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11609"},"modified":"2016-03-09T17:41:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T01:41:35","slug":"bernie-takes-michigan-and-other-mainstream-media-misses-bradcast-392016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11609","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Takes Michigan and Other Mainstream Media Misses: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 3\/9\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_BernieSanders_fist_030916.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">On today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>, we are live from <a href=\"http:\/\/pacificanetwork.org\">Pacifica Radio&#8217;s<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/kpfk.org\">KPFK<\/a> studios in Los Angeles, for coverage of last night&#8217;s amazing nominating contests in MS, ID, HI and, mostly, MI, where Bernie Sanders reportedly overcame a 20pt deficit, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2016\/president\/mi\/michigan_democratic_presidential_primary-5224.html#polls\">the pre-election polls<\/a>, to defeat Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Donald Trump wiped out his GOP competition again almost everywhere (including in Michigan, where there was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2016\/president\/mi\/michigan_republican_presidential_primary-3933.html\">no polling disparity<\/a> on the GOP side), leaving Ted Cruz as his only real challenger as John Kasich and, especially, Marco Rubio, fade into near-certain oblivion.<\/p>\n<p>So, how did Sanders&#8217; remarkable &#8220;win&#8221; in MI come about? What does it bode for next Tuesday&#8217;s big primaries in neighboring (similarly industrial and neighboring) states? Should his supporters worry about reports of &#8220;irregularities&#8221; already in Chicago? How is it that Sanders ended up <i>losing<\/i> the delegate count (the real one, not the fake &#8220;SuperDelegate&#8221; count) anyway yesterday to Clinton? And will the mainstream corporate media continue to ill-inform voters by blatantly misreporting the race?<\/p>\n<p>Also today: Democrats also won three special elections <a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/news\/democrats-win-three-house-special-elections\">in KY<\/a> yesterday to maintain control of that state&#8217;s legislature, and we open the phone line to listener callers to ring in on all of the above and much more today, before Desi Doyen joins us for the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNews.BradBlog.com\"><i>Green News Report<\/i><\/a> on another very busy and very lively <i>BradCast<\/i>!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/Images\/Speaker_Icon_24.png\" style=\"width: 24px; float: none; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;\"> <b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_BernieMichigan_KPFKCallers_030916.mp3\">CLICK TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SHOW!&#8230;<\/a><\/i><\/b><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_BernieMichigan_KPFKCallers_030916.mp3]<\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i>While we post <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><\/i>The BradCast<i><\/a> here every day, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they&#8217;re available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/stitcher.com\/s\/player.php?fid=25838&#038;src=psl\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-START--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f0e0; border:2px solid #6b5a2e; border-radius:6px; padding:10px 14px; text-align:center; font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"display:block; margin:0 0 8px 0; color:#3a2e0e; font-size:0.95em; line-height:1.5;\"><strong>The BRAD BLOG<\/strong>, <em>The BradCast<\/em> and <em>Green News Report<\/em> are all 100% independent and 100% listener and reader supported!<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Donate\" style=\"display:inline-block; background:#6b5a2e; color:#ffffff; padding:6px 18px; border-radius:4px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:0.9em;\">Please CLICK HERE to help support our work today!<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-END--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On today&#8217;s BradCast, we are live from Pacifica Radio&#8217;s KPFK studios in Los Angeles, for coverage of last night&#8217;s amazing nominating contests in MS, ID, HI and, mostly, MI, where Bernie Sanders reportedly overcame a 20pt deficit, according to the pre-election polls, to defeat Hillary Clinton. 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