PBC News & Comment: Media Exploit Warren’s Twin Attacks on Sanders

As Sanders climbs in polls, desperate Warren claims Berners “trashed” her and that Bernie told her a woman couldn’t win….--timed to affect tonight’s CNN debate, and Iowa caucuses in 3 weeks, this squabble reflects badly on Warren, will probably backfire
--Clinton Dems are going public with slams on Sanders
--in break with past practice, NSA tells Microsoft of “Day One” vulnerability in Windows 10, instead of keeping it secret and exploiting it
--Russiagate promoters seize on highly speculative report of “Russian hacking” of Burisma revealed by Area 1, private firm founded by former NSA officials
--Hillary Clinton pipes up, of course
--in unusual series of articles, WashPost’s Erik Wemple has criticized other corporate media outlets from Russiagate errors: CNN, here, and Rachel Maddow, here
--Hillary should be fighting voter suppression, supporting Democrats in Wisconsin, for example
--WhoWhatWhy covers the illegal coordination between candidates and their dark money superPACs
--in the shifting commentary since Trump assassinated Suleimani, the latest from the stable genius, “it doesn’t really matter”
--listener Linda Lewis shared this article about the dissembling
--as prominent journalists resign in protest, Iran’s President Rouhani calls for special court to investigate airliner shootdown
--and European nations trigger dispute process over nuclear deal
--impeachment trial process is announced by Pelosi
--Trump’s lead lawyers are White House counsel Cipollone and evangelical pro-birth lawyer Jay Sekulow
--House Dems reveal their “Clean Future Act”, a sad parody of Green New Deal
--James Murdoch criticizes Sir Rupert over climate denial coverage of Aussie fires
--BlackRock, world’s largest money manager, will divest fossil fuels
--in GrandTheftWall 2.0, Trump plans to steal another $7 billion for the Wall