Opinion: The press can’t let Sanders duck the hard questions
Sen. Bernie Sanders in Washington on Monday. By Jennifer Rubin Jennifer Rubin Opinion writer covering politics and policy, foreign and domestic Email Bio Follow Opinion writer April 3 at 12:30 PM Through much of the 2016 campaign, the press maintained a glaring double standard. Since then-candidate Donald Trump was, well Trump, he was rarely grilled on his policy notions , confronted with his outright lies or quizzed face to face on his finances.
The same pattern now repeats itself with Sen. Bernie Sanders . He is indulged, allowed to skip by details, avoid probing and evade hard policy questions. We’d like to hear him pinned down, not permitted to move to the next topic without answering queries such as these: In the debates and interviews, Sanders should be pressed on these and other topics. Right now he is among the front-runners in the Democratic primaries, yet candidates with a fraction of his support get tougher questions. The media should reflect on whether Sanders gets a softer touch because he’s Sanders, and, if so, remedy that.Paul Heintz: I’ve reported on Bernie Sanders for years. A free press won’t give him what he wants.
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