“Limbaugh coverage needs to be upfront and honest about the damage his career has done to this country and to the democratic process — the vile degradation of our public discourse.”
“This week, the press is glossing over the substance of Limbaugh's regrettable career. CNN described him as simply a "conservative talk show radio host" and a "Republican icon.”
“I would be making the exact same points today if Limbaugh were soon retiring in perfectly good health. His cancer has nothing to do with the underlying fact that the press has spent years whitewashing his hate programming, just as the D.C. press whitewashes the GOP's racism.”
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1. quick thread on Covid relief bill updates this week adn how the press completely botched this story for month, desperately framing it as Dems vs. GOP. pressrun.media/p/both-sides-t…
2. McConnell conceded yesterday **he does not want Senate to vote on a relief bill** bc so many GOP members oppose it.
this has been the case for months! but press pretended Pelosi was standing in way of a deal.
3. press wanted a Both Sides story to decry "gridlock" and "dysfunction."
there is no Covid relief bill bc **GOP does not want a Covid relief bill**
this is not a complicated story, but press botched it over and over
DC press *desperately* wants this to be Both Sides story, then it doesn’t have address radical, hateful nature of GOP
also, GOP has been negotiating against itself re relief for moths! (WH vs GOP Senators who oppose) press has completely whitewashed that story, want to pretend Pelosi is holding up a deal