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sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 02:44 PM Jun 2015

MSNBC Producer Leaving to Join Bernie Sanders Campaign

MSNBC Producer Leaving to Join Bernie Sanders Campaign

Arianna Jones, a producer for MSNBC’s The Ed Show, is leaving the network at the end of the week and joining Bernie Sanders‘ nascent campaign for president. She’ll be deputy communications manager for the campaign. The University of Vermont graduate will be returning to the state to work out of Sanders’ campaign headquarters in Burlington. Jones has been with The Ed Show for four years. Before that she was an NBC page.


Good for her, I think she will not regret her decision.
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MSNBC Producer Leaving to Join Bernie Sanders Campaign (Original Post) sabrina 1 Jun 2015 OP
Good for her randys1 Jun 2015 #1
I hope she does better with Senator Sanders then the network yeoman6987 Jun 2015 #52
Excellent, an MSNBCer and Vermonter for the Bernie Team! Yay- appalachiablue Jun 2015 #2
Moving forward. blm Jun 2015 #3
Good news! JDPriestly Jun 2015 #4
Wow! MynameisBlarney Jun 2015 #5
This will help. bvar22 Jun 2015 #6
I think you are right. I am not seeing any of the blurbs that we were all so excited about at the jwirr Jun 2015 #11
++++ swilton Jun 2015 #17
I'm in Colorado and I think he'll do great here. He's already got 5,000 RSVP'd for Denver. PatrickforO Jun 2015 #25
I'll being seeing Bernie this Sunday in Charleston SC! StandingInLeftField Jun 2015 #51
This should tell us why Ed show Robbins Jun 2015 #7
That and Ed is pro union plus he is from MN. jwirr Jun 2015 #10
True Robbins Jun 2015 #14
And the Keystone Nite Owl Jun 2015 #40
Dunno. To survive at MSNBC, you must be pro-establishment. However, of all the hosts, merrily Jun 2015 #41
Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Jun 2015 #8
Woo Hoo !!! - We're Just Gettin Rollin... WillyT Jun 2015 #9
very cool!! BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2015 #12
Bernie True Blue American Jun 2015 #21
Ed is a passionate union guy. Bernie has always been a supporter of Unions. So no surprise that Ed sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #24
Woot! Arianna knows it's now or never 99th_Monkey Jun 2015 #13
Cool! SoapBox Jun 2015 #15
My favorite one from the Republican run Mpls Strib was "upstart". glinda Jun 2015 #16
So maybe it's not just me?! SoapBox Jun 2015 #18
Give it time. They'r improving. A few weeks ago it was 'unelectable'! sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #20
Yeah, corporate media coverage of Bernie has not been exactly unbiased. merrily Jun 2015 #42
This is awesome SmittynMo Jun 2015 #19
The only thing he needs is for people to get to know him. Once they do, they're sold. sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #22
And he needs money to do that. Lots of it. randys1 Jun 2015 #26
Yes, and I think people realize that and are donating. I have done so, and make a monthly donation sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #32
k & r. Thanks for posting. nm rhett o rick Jun 2015 #23
K&R!!!!! alboe Jun 2015 #27
Very good, she did it early, and she is supporting her side openly (nt) Babel_17 Jun 2015 #28
K&R for BERNIE SANDERS! yuiyoshida Jun 2015 #29
Hah! She was my roommate for a month. Lucky Luciano Jun 2015 #31
Great, she sounds like a an intelligent woman. sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #34
I follow Rachel Platten yuiyoshida Jun 2015 #39
Dude libodem Jun 2015 #30
There are, I've seen some online, sick of the system and their own party which has gone totally off sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #33
That's why Faux libodem Jun 2015 #37
They forget that most young people now are going to Social Media for their news. That is where I sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #38
Add "media savvy" to "Colonel" Sander's impressive arsenal. Indepatriot Jun 2015 #35
Exactly! He has been handling the media very well, getting on so many shows. That sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #36
And don't forget the letters, emails and tweets that many DUers have sent to the MSM, urging Stardust Jun 2015 #43
Yes, I am sure they have had an effect also. sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #46
I hope she had a word with Mitchell and alleged socialist O'Donnell before she left. merrily Jun 2015 #44
I love your sigline! Still hard to believe it is true. sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #48
O'Donnell has claimed to be a socialist. One would think then, he'd merrily Jun 2015 #50
Good news I think kenfrequed Jun 2015 #45
I don't think that would be possible. If it hasn't happened yet, it's unlikely to happen now. sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #47
WOW! Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2015 #49
Yeah for her. Hope it is not to infiltrate and ruin. lonestarnot Jun 2015 #53
I doubt it, not that that hasn't happened already, even here Lol. But I think it would fail frankly. sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #54
And why do you think it a fail? lonestarnot Jun 2015 #55
It' not hard to spot infiltrators into Bernie's campaign. They have so far been very easy to spot. sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #56
Bernie isn't stupid. Wouldn't he have made the decision? lonestarnot Jun 2015 #57
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
52. I hope she does better with Senator Sanders then the network
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 11:38 AM
Jun 2015

Which is losing viewers in droves and has a very little audience left.

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
6. This will help.
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 03:32 PM
Jun 2015

Bernie needs to "break out" of New England/North, and spread the Burn across the country.
I currently live in The South, but believe that many Southerners are more than ready to hear Bernie's message of Economic Opportunity and Fairness.

Bernie will be a hard sell in some parts of the country,
but so is Hillary.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
11. I think you are right. I am not seeing any of the blurbs that we were all so excited about at the
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 03:50 PM
Jun 2015

beginning and that we were putting all over Facebook and other social media sites anymore. I think that is a big mistake. They are what got our attention and we need to find them back and keep posting them.

PatrickforO

(14,608 posts)
25. I'm in Colorado and I think he'll do great here. He's already got 5,000 RSVP'd for Denver.
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 07:33 PM
Jun 2015

People might start out being curious about him and when they hear his speeches, packed with statistics and real-life policy solutions, they will ALSO begin to give him money and then they will vote for him (or caucus as is the case in Colorado). Face, we haven't had anyone like Bernie running in a long time.

51. I'll being seeing Bernie this Sunday in Charleston SC!
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 11:37 AM
Jun 2015

He's meeting at the International Longshoreman's Association hall.

Nite Owl

(11,303 posts)
40. And the Keystone
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 12:56 AM
Jun 2015

Pipeline.
Now he's being moved to 5pm weekends. I thought it was this month, hoping that they won't move him.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
41. Dunno. To survive at MSNBC, you must be pro-establishment. However, of all the hosts,
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 01:45 AM
Jun 2015

I think Ed Schultz has taken it to the line of what MSNBC will tolerate. It did once take away his nightly show and exile him to Sundays. I think it was right before a prison show, too.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
12. very cool!!
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 04:20 PM
Jun 2015

I would be pretty thrilled with a Bernie presidency. I like Hilary too, I'm not against her, there are many qualities I like....but my first preference would be Bernie. We need his kind of clear opposition to the plutocracy.

True Blue American

(17,998 posts)
21. Bernie
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 05:45 PM
Jun 2015

This is great news. Ed Schultz has been promoting Bernie from the beginning.

Bernie is often on his show. That is when I first began to listen to him and love what he is saying

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
24. Ed is a passionate union guy. Bernie has always been a supporter of Unions. So no surprise that Ed
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 06:50 PM
Jun 2015

would like what he has to say.

I think it's great that this producer is willing to give up her job and go work for Bernie though. People really are serious about him.

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
15. Cool!
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 04:43 PM
Jun 2015

From the Ed Show...and from Vermont...this is great!

(However...I have a gripe. Why is it that it seems that most articles I read about Bernie, have some kind of "word" attached. This article it's nascent...others populist...others socialist...and I think I also saw something like long-shot. Are there such in HRC articles? Jebbie? Etc.? It's bugging me.)

glinda

(14,807 posts)
16. My favorite one from the Republican run Mpls Strib was "upstart".
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 04:56 PM
Jun 2015

Dang nabbit!!!!! Get off my lawn!!!!!!!!

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
20. Give it time. They'r improving. A few weeks ago it was 'unelectable'!
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 05:45 PM
Jun 2015

Before too long, it will be 'a real challenge'! Lol!

It takes them a while to see if the negative reporting succeeded. It didn't so they're at 'nascent'.

Consider the sources!

merrily

(45,251 posts)
42. Yeah, corporate media coverage of Bernie has not been exactly unbiased.
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 01:47 AM
Jun 2015

More like trying to stick a knife in his back while pretending to cover him.

SmittynMo

(3,544 posts)
19. This is awesome
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 05:44 PM
Jun 2015

OMG, He just might do it after all. I totally believed him when he said "We're in this to win".

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
22. The only thing he needs is for people to get to know him. Once they do, they're sold.
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 05:47 PM
Jun 2015

So, that's our job, to overcome the MSM trying to dismiss him, use the New Media to spread the word, and it's working.

It will take time, it's barely a few weeks and look where we are already.

I believe WE can do it so long as he remains in the race.

randys1

(16,286 posts)
26. And he needs money to do that. Lots of it.
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 07:43 PM
Jun 2015

If you have donated, donate again.

You meaning anybody reading this

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
32. Yes, and I think people realize that and are donating. I have done so, and make a monthly donation
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 09:43 PM
Jun 2015

of $10.00 but will donate as often as possible.

I think I read that he has received about $8 million so far in small donations, not bad for a start.

All the free media he can get will offset having to spend money there.

And of course people should spend some time each day, they are asking for us to do this, on Social Media, forwarding info, where he will be etc, fundraising, just reminders.

That is his secret weapon and so far I am seeing more and more people joining the 'revolution' online. OWS is helpiing using all the Social Media skills they used so well for their own 'movement'.

Lucky Luciano

(11,268 posts)
31. Hah! She was my roommate for a month.
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 09:01 PM
Jun 2015

I knew I recognized the name - definitely the same person. I sublet a room in her apartment for a month to spare me a commute while I was being tested with a two week interview at a job in NYC.

libodem

(19,288 posts)
30. Dude
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 08:53 PM
Jun 2015

That's cool. It's all packaging, advertising and marketing.
I'm sure there are some crossover Republicans, sick of that brand, and independents and libertarians and lefty dems that are hungry for sn honest message. Market and Advertise that message, production team.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
33. There are, I've seen some online, sick of the system and their own party which has gone totally off
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 09:44 PM
Jun 2015

the rails.

libodem

(19,288 posts)
37. That's why Faux
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 10:46 PM
Jun 2015

Won't acknowledge his existence. He is sharper and more articulate than anybody out of the clown car.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
38. They forget that most young people now are going to Social Media for their news. That is where I
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 10:49 PM
Jun 2015

saw Repubs, on Reddit eg, saying things like 'I never thought I would ever not vote Republican, but I really like what this guy is saying'.

Better that Fox doesn't mention him, they will as soon as they realize that he really is going to win this. But imo, the longer they don't acknowledge him, the longer people have to get to know him without their lies and smears influencing them.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
36. Exactly! He has been handling the media very well, getting on so many shows. That
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 10:40 PM
Jun 2015

was surprising to me as I thought the MSM would ignore him. So someone in his campaign has been very successful in making sure he gets on the air.

Free advertising. No need to spend money on negative ads, which most people hate anyhow.

Stardust

(3,894 posts)
43. And don't forget the letters, emails and tweets that many DUers have sent to the MSM, urging
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 04:25 AM
Jun 2015

them to have Berni on. His message never wavers...steady wins the race.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
48. I love your sigline! Still hard to believe it is true.
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 11:14 AM
Jun 2015

As for O'Donnell, he has always been middle of the road, status quo who won't rock the boat.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
50. O'Donnell has claimed to be a socialist. One would think then, he'd
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 11:32 AM
Jun 2015

be very enthusiastic about Bernie's run.

I noticed that on this board as well. People claiming to be socialists, some even claiming to be flat out supporting Bernie. But, you'd never guess that from their other posts. Others claim to be socialists, but admit to supporting Hillary because supposedly will win the general but Bernie supposedly can't.

It's amusing.

kenfrequed

(7,865 posts)
45. Good news I think
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 09:49 AM
Jun 2015

I hope all these professionals getting into his campaign don't try to soften his image or sand down his rough edges. I like Bernie as is!

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
54. I doubt it, not that that hasn't happened already, even here Lol. But I think it would fail frankly.
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 12:49 PM
Jun 2015
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