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Contemporary political media, always valuing the horse race, false equivalences, and theatre over facts and issues, has been repeatedly conflating Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, trying to say that Trump is to the right as Sanders is to the left. If you are one of my two or three regular readers, you’ve no doubt seen this.

Regardless of your opinion of Sanders as a politician and potential nominee, I think one must concede that that’s like conflating Luciano Pavorotti and Tiny Tim because both of them had fans.

Pap and Thom take a look at the two candidates and the coverage.

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