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Bernie Sanders: “In recent years we have seen the media itself owned by more…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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LIVE: Bernie Discusses the Future of American Politics at the National Press Club

Published | Video Starts at 07:53

I'll tell you something else that we don't talk about much as we get into this campaign system. It's not just unprecedented levels of income and wealth inequality. It's not just the … In recent years we have seen the media itself owned by more and more billionaires. … as a result of this disastrous Supreme Court decision on Citizens United. What you now have are billionaires controlling our entire political process. Our. What does that mean? (07:53–07:57)

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Asserts that media ownership by billionaires has increased in recent years.

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