Bozell: It's Hard to Blame Media Alone for 'Shutdown' Bias When Republicans Themselves Buy Into Liberal Spin

December 1st, 2014 5:57 PM

While liberal media bias certainly doesn't help matters when it comes to assigning "blame" for government shutdowns, Media Research Center president Brent Bozell told Fox News host Neil Cavuto this afternoon on his eponymous program that the real problem is "Republicans themselves are blaming themselves" by running as far as they can from the possibility of using a government shutdown as leverage for addressing President Obama's executive amnesty overreach.

"You raise a very good point," Cavuto agreed. "I do find it interesting that it's always Republicans who are obstinate for wanting to rein in spending and never Democrats for not wanting to rein in spending."

You can watch the full segment below: