@Lash,
There was no media black-out. It was simply not all democrats were in favor of Bernie over Hillary. (I didn't and I don't regret it. ) Also, since he was independent, many of his supporters were independent too and many primaries were/are closed primaries.
It really doesn't matter to me what you are going to say in return, this has been rehashed to death and now that Trump is president, it matters not a bit. If he (Sanders)is the best one out of any other running on the democrat ticket, I'll vote for him.