MSNBC Raises Fears of Looming Govt. Shutdown, Blames Conservatives for 'Hostage-taking'
A new poll is out showing a majority of Americans blame Barack Obama for the poor state of the U.S. economy.
It's no surprise, then, that MSNBC is hard at work trying to turn the public's fire on GOP-run House. [video embedded below page break]
"We want to start off with the latest hostage-taking on the Hill and the fears of another government shutdown as a critical funding bill suffers a surprising defeat," MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts alerted viewers of his 11 a.m. hour of "MSNBC Live" coverage, just after he briefly noted a new Gallup poll finds 53 percent of voters blame Obama a "great deal" for the poor state of the U.S. economy.
Roberts, of course, painted conservative GOP members as the hostage-takers even as he noted that most Democrats refused to vote on the funding measure because "it didn't offer enough disaster relief."
The MSNBC anchor quickly turned to liberal Washington Post writer Ezra Klein who groused that Speaker John Boehner has never had "control" over the conservatives in the House Republican Conference.
The following hour, MSNBC anchor Craig Melvin continued to gin up fears of a pending government shutdown, opening his hour of coverage with a top-of-the-hour teaser that twice featured liberal Democratic Majority Whip Dick Durbin:
CRAIG MELVIN, anchor: Our top story: Another funding failure. Lawmakers have until next Friday now to pass a bill to keep the government running. Last night they voted no and stopped a stop-gap spending bill.
UNIDENTIFIED
CONGRESSWOMAN presiding over the House: The yeas are 195. The nays are 230. The motion is not adopted.
MELVIN: Here we go again. Last night the House rejected a continuing resolution that would have funded the government through November 18th, making a government shutdown a possibility again.
Sen. DICK DURBIN (D-Ill.): We're now watching the Tea Party shutdown movie for the third time this year.
MELVIN: In case you missed the first two times.
KELLY O'DONNELL voiceover from Feb. 20, 2011: Some Democrats are predicting a government shutdown when current funding runs out March 4th.
MELVIN: There was the time in February.
DURBIN from February 2011: That is the worst outcome. If we end up shutting down the government.
MELVIN: That rolled into March.
NORAH O'DONNELL voiceover from March 2011: A stalemate could lead to a shutdown if government funding isn't approved past March 4th.
MELVIN: And then into April.
MIKE VIQUEIRA voiceover from April 2011: The choice facing leaders this week, fund the government by Friday night or see part of it shut down.
MELVIN: Back then Republicans targeted Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
UNIDENTIFIED CONGRESSMAN: We're asking Sen. Reid one thing: Pass the bill. Be a leader.
MELVIN: It's deja vu all over again.
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Well, at least MSNBC will never be taken hostage
Submitted by ThisnThat on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 1:01pm.
No one could even extract a dime if the entire MSNBC crew was taken hostage and held for ransome. Totally worthless.
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Pitifull attempt at
Submitted by jessieH on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 1:34pm.
Pitifull attempt at journalism, MSNBC. Try reading a news story before trying to write one.
Under ObamAA+ we have
Submitted by Free Stinker on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 4:59pm.
Under ObamAA+ we have seen more looming govt shutdowns than I recall from any previous president.
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It was suprising, alright
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 4:57pm.
It was surprising, alright. Both democrats and republicans worked in a bipartisan fashion to kill the bill. Each for their own reasons, of course. But, hay I thought bipartisanship was the goal?
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Hea, tell us another whopper, Dick
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 5:01pm.
"We're now watching the Tea Party shutdown movie for the third time this year."
Yea, tell us another whopper, Dick. I guess you missed the House Democrat's "call" for a no vote. The Democrats vote overwhelming NO, and that's the Tea Party's fault? Only in your own mind, Dick.
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Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
how many days now without a budget?
Submitted by kata on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 5:11pm.
I think we're approaching 900.
Given that we are entering
Submitted by Reaver on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 7:13pm.
Given that we are entering another election season I don’t expect congress will pass a 2012 budget or a 2013 budget. So expect much more shutdown drama from the media in the months ahead. Fortunately for the media this narrative never changes so they can just pull out their government shutdown template and cut and paste the details. “Republican hostage-takers… shut down national parks… little Timmy can’t go to Yellowstone…”.
meltdown
Submitted by Kilroy on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 7:24pm.
Now I know another reason for the market melt down today. Every time some democrat comes out with these gloomy predictions the media is all over it hyping up the fear. Time for some of these so called responsible journalists to act responsibly and quit crying the sky is falling every time their socialist masters tell them to.