Cable News Blows Off Biden And Bernie Prescription Drug News But Obsesses Over A Poll

It was a classic example of cable news deciding what is news as they focused on a poll and not prescription drug news from President Biden and Sen. Sanders.

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Corporate Media Ignores Biden And Bernie Team Up On Prescription Drug Prices

One of the most common questions that readers ask is why doesn’t the press cover the good news? Why do they ignore the good things that happen?

The simple answer is ratings and money.

Negativity, drama, and conflict sell when it comes to corporate media.

Information is way down on the list when it comes to how cable networks decide to fill out their roughly 19 hours of daily programming.

News consumers got a reminder of this reality today as President Biden and Bernie Sanders held an event at the White House to talk about new efforts to stop corporate price gouging and lowering the price of prescription drugs.

This is a big deal that matters to millions of Americans.

Cable news should have been all over this. At least CNN and MSNBC should have live coverage.

A screengrab posted by Washington Post reporter Dan Diamond showed that none of the three networks covered Sanders and Biden live.

Here is what was on TV during the White House event:

CNBC is a business network and they are talking about the FED, so that makes sense, but the other three are supposed to be news networks, and they had no interest in live news.

The same media that wonders why Biden’s message “isn’t connecting” ignores the President while he is speaking.

We’re not going to ignore President Biden and Sen. Sanders. Below we’ll talk about what they said and why the media deemed it not newsworthy.