for more we are joined here in madison, wisconsin, by long-time media analyst, robert mcchesney. he is a professor at the university of illinois at urbana-champaign in the department of communication. he co-founded free press, a national media reform organization. mcchesney and john nichols recently co-wrote the book, "people get ready: the fight against a jobless economy and a citizenless democracy." bob mcchesney, welcome to democracy now! media'syou think of the coverage of the presidential race? >> it is been deplorable. we have talked about this in past years coming great in the current, allowing for that coverage is a rule, and this is an all-time low by main street corporate media. i would toss in pr in there. as a journalist, you're looking at one of the most distort stories in decades -- historic stories in decades. entirely different vision of our society like no other candidate in decades. you would think -- this is the greatest story you could cover. you look to the sky and say, thank you for putting me here in 2016. we assume the sanders campaign is largely been negle

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