Inside the Sanders–MSNBC Rift

Zuckerberg Unleashed • Trump’s Pardoning Spree • Bloomberg-Trump Rivalry [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair]( Inside the Sanders–MSNBC Rift Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Bernie Sanders squares off against Michael Bloomberg for the [first time tonight]( on MSNBC, but his campaign—and supporters—are also battling the network, Tom Kludt reports. “It feels like they’re covering progressives from an elitist perspective,” campaign manager Faiz Shakir said of MSNBC, which he’s found even less fair to the Vermont senator than Fox News. Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg is breaking off the shackles of Facebook P.R. as the company’s excessively cautious crisis management hasn’t worked, Nick Bilton reports. A longtime Zuckerberg friend told Bilton that we’ll finally “see a version of Mark who has no fucks to give.” We hope you’re enjoying what you are reading. Have a great day! [Image may contain: Human, Person, Glasses, Accessories, Accessory, and Finger]( [Fox Has Been “More Fair”: Why Bernie’s Team Has Had It With MSNBC]( By [Tom Kludt]( [The liberal network’s talk of “digital brown shirts” and Fidel Castro admiration has Sandersworld seeing red. (More like “MSDNC,” says Glenn Greenwald). The blowback is classic Sanders-campaign ref-working—and a sign of a deepening Democratic divide.]( [Image]( [The Hive 1]( [“The Old Approach Was Pissing Off a Lot of People”: The Emergence of No-Fucks Zuck]( By [Nick Bilton]( [Mark Zuckerberg announced he’s no longer going to be bound by Facebook’s hypercareful comms department. But does he have a human side to show?]( [Read More]( [The Hive 2]( [Will Mike Bloomberg Finally Meet the Press?]( By [Caleb Ecarma]( [The billionaire ex-mayor has dominated the airwaves without doing interviews. But that ad-first strategy will be hard to maintain as media scrutiny intensifies.]( [Read More]( [The Hive 3]( [Trump Goes on Pardoning Spree for Rich Friends, Apprentice Contestant Rod Blagojevich]( By [Bess Levin]( [Rod Blagojevich, Bernie Kerik, Michael Milken—the gang’s all here!]( [Read More]( [The Hive 4]( [The Trump-Bloomberg Rivalry Is Getting Even More Expensive]( By [Alison Durkee]( [The Trump campaign is trying to raise an additional $1 billion to take on Bloomberg’s deep pockets, as the personal feud between the two wealthy New Yorkers continues to escalate.]( [Read More]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2020 Condé Nast