{"id":4470,"date":"2011-05-19T11:36:10","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T18:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=4470"},"modified":"2011-05-19T11:36:10","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T18:36:10","slug":"bernie-sanders-ambushed-by-ignorant-human-events-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=4470","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Sanders Ambushed By Ignorant Human Events Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen. Bernie Sanders appeared at a signing event recently for his book “The Speech: A Historic Filibuster on Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class<\/a>.”<\/em> In accord with the neanderthal tactics of right-wing journalism, Jason Mattera showed up pretending to be an autograph seeker.<\/p>\n

Mattera is not your run of the mill, immature, ignorant, Internet videographer (ala James O’Keefe). He is also the editor of the uber-con magazine, Human Events. Mattera proudly posted the video of his encounter with Sanders apparently with the impression that he proved some point:<\/p>\n

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In this video, Mattera embarrasses himself by asking a singularly stupid question: “How does an avowed socialist go about selling a book?”<\/em> What Mattera fails to understand is that there is no prohibition on bringing books or other products to market under many implementations of socialism. Is he really so dumb that he is unaware of the thousands of books available by and about socialists? Perhaps someone should turn the tables and ask Mattera “How does an avowed capitalist go about collecting Social Security, attending college on GI or Pell grants, driving on interstate highways, or eating food that has been inspected by the USDA?”<\/em><\/p>\n

Then Mattera lands what he seems to believe is his finishing blow by asking where the profits from the book will go. Sanders advises him that they will be donated to the children of Vermont. But Mattera snidely implies that this isn’t true because the charity hasn’t been selected yet.<\/p>\n

All in all, Mattera’s video shows him to be uninformed and arrogantly dismissive. Yet he is so proud of his shoddy performance he posts it publicly for all to see and laugh at. The truly sad part of this is that since he is the editor of Human Events, how much more out of touch are the losers he supervises?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sen. Bernie Sanders appeared at a signing event recently for his book “The Speech: A Historic Filibuster on Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class.” In accord with the neanderthal tactics of right-wing journalism, Jason Mattera showed up pretending to be an autograph seeker. 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