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15 Dec, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Over a period of a week, national broadcast news shows only mentioned relief bill negotiations 12 times total, with just one mention on a flagship evening news show.

But, it gets worse ... 1/

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When network broadcast news has covered relief negotiations, they don't mention that Senate Republicans had months to pass the multi trillion-dollar HEROES Act, which would provide more comprehensive relief than the current bill ... 2/

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When the broadcast networks got the chance to interrogate lawmakers, they questioned **only Democrats**

The GOP push for preventing corporations from being sued for mishandling the pandemic received only a one-off mention on GMA.

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There are segments about workers struggling, but too often these struggles are simply not linked to how draft legislation would (or would not) help the person. 4/4

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