Wealthy journalists have a conflict of interest in covering Bernie Sanders.
Bernie's positions on taxing the wealthy are likely to bias wealthy journalists who write cover him him and moderate debates. As an example of a journalist whose personal financial interests might influence coverage, consider Sydney Ember who covers Bernie Sanders for the New York Times. Her husband is a hedge-fund employee, and her father-in-law is the CEO of Bain and Company. She stands to lose tens of millions of dollars (or more) under a more progressive tax policy (both income and estate taxes). Another example, Anderson Cooper is worth over $100 million. Thus, this petition to require moderators of the Democratic candidate debates to release their tax returns: [change.org]
Wouldn't poor journalists be inclined to give overly favorable coverage to Bernie because they would stand to gain, instead of lose?
All coverage is slanted to some extent, it's up to us as consumers to read/watch/hold our gag reflex in check to try and figure out when and where it is.
My first response to the first couple of sentences was "There are wealthy journalists?" But after reading the rest of it, I see that it could be a good idea.