Warming Up? MSNBC Hypes 'Feel the Bern,' 'Totally Grassroots' Sanders

Scott Whitlock | July 2, 2015
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[See NewsBusters for more.] MSNBC on Wednesday hyped the possibility of a Bernie Sanders boom. Alex Seitz-Wald, a network reporter who had previously swooned over Hillary Clinton's "Scooby Van," enthused, "This is definitely quite a crowd, Chris. They are chanting, 'feel the Bern' behind me." Seitz-Wald was responding to a Sanders rally in Wisconsin that drew almost 10,000. The enthusiasum seemed infectious as the journalist touted, "This is something that is totally grassroots, uncontrolled, people just coming together."

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