“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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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
"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?"
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.””