my latest—biggest legislative story for last 12 months, and press kept getting it wrong; pressrun.media/p/bidens-covid…
“That’s a key reason the media screwed up Covid relief coverage for the last twelves months, constantly presenting a false picture of legislative negotiations, told through the prism of the GOP.”
“Republicans never supported a second Covid relief bill, yet the press spent the last year pretending otherwise — insisting that of course GOP leaders urgently wanted to aid struggling Americans, when there was little evidence that they did.”
Covid relief is the most consequential social spending bill in 50 yrs

guess what USA Today said most important “take away” was? Biden couldn’t make the vote “bipartisan”

good grief

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8 Mar
Biden abt to sign landmark, historic Covid relief bill, arguably the most sweeping, important first bill for any new president in US history....and WP goes w/ Dems in Disarray

narratives die hard; washingtonpost.com/politics/biden…
not *one word* abt how GOP unanimously oppose bill w/ 83% public support.
Read 4 tweets
6 Mar
great!

I’m glad every GOP House/Senate member voted no. it brings clarity
likely the most popular spending bill in US history (83%) and the entire GOP party voted no
good grief you’d think that would spark barrage of media coverage abt how out of touch GOP is w/ America

don’t hold yr breath
Read 5 tweets
5 Mar
my latest—soft coverage for white insurrectionist; pressrun.media/p/60-minutes-p…
"The whole CBS segment had the unfortunate feeling of a rehabilitation effort, and specifically the national press using a sympathetic lens through which to view white, right-wing political criminals."
"Are these really the type of people we need to better understand, the people who deserve a national platform? Isn't it just giving a megaphone to an insurrectionist who wants to rebrand himself on the eve of his court date?"
Read 4 tweets
2 Mar
Manchin becomes first senator in US history to vote down **a nominee from own party for being too partisan,** and Beltway press nods like it makes total sense
“But the Beltway press doesn't want to dwell on prejudice. Anxious to turn the Tanden story into a process one, the news media stress the Biden White House is to blame for the possibly failed nominee; for “miscalculating.””
Read 4 tweets
2 Mar
it’s “bipartisan” bc 83% of Americans support it including 70% Republicans
this isn’t rocket science
the Dem Covid relief bill is likely the most popular spending bill in US history
Read 5 tweets
28 Feb
it’s not a “myth” it’s a lie

why do newsrooms debase themselves this way when covering GOP? nytimes.com/2021/02/27/us/…
but @maureendowd and @maggieNYT say liberals just don’t understand how journalism works
Big Foot is a myth

stolen election is a lie told relentlessly by one our two major political parties, backed by a billion dollar right-wing media industry

would be nice if press would stop being afraid of its own shadow when covering GOP
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