With Pictures of House GOPers On Screen CNN Rips Congress for Not Passing Budget in 1000 Days
CNN's Erin Burnett on Monday did a segment correctly castigating Congress for not passing a budget in over 1000 days.
The only problem was that while she did this, pictures of House Republicans were shown on the screen despite the blame resting solely with Senate Democrats (video follows with transcript and commentary):
ERIN BURNETT, HOST: Today's Congress, the least productive and least popular in recent history. What will it take to turn it around? Well you know what there's an idea out there, what about if they don't get anything done, they don't get paid. Well see this would really be a problem, I think, because it's been more than 1,000 days since the last joint budget resolution, so if you said you don't get paid until you get a budget, that's a heck of a lot of days with no pay.
All right, this is one of the potential reforms though that's going to be receiving a Senate hearing this Wednesday that might really turn the tide in terms of Congress getting things done and being liked perhaps a little bit while they're doing it.
John Avlon is going to be at that hearing and he has a preview for us tonight. All right John, so more than 1,000 days since the last joint budget resolution, no budget, no pay. Maybe they'll get one done.
JOHN AVLON, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Maybe they would. So here's the idea. Basically it's basic. You don't pass a budget on time; you don't get paid on time. And so that's the idea of applying the kind of incentive that it might take the focus the mind of Congress to start doing their job, so that's one of the proposals that's going to be forwarded at this -- the Senate hearing on Wednesday that's going to start trying to take on some congressional forums to maybe change this dysfunctional culture that we've seen in Congress.
BURNETT: And the average salary on Capitol Hill, $174,000 --
AVLON: That's right --
BURNETT: -- right, so it's not -- this is a lot of money.
AVLON: Absolutely and you know you need to change the incentive structure. The incentive system in Congress is all screwed up. This is one way to get it right.
BURNETT: All right, so I would love -- that's a really great idea, a really great idea, OK.
You know what else is really great idea? Cable news anchors and their contributors knowing what they're talking about.
Since Barack Obama's first budget was passed in April 2009, the Senate, which has been controlled by Democrats since January 2007, has not offered one single budget.
By contrast, after taking over the House in January 2011, the GOP proposed and passed a budget on April 15. It was defeated by Senate Democrats on May 26.
As such, the entire cause of the absence of a budget resolution since April 2009 is Democrat obstruction.
To show House Speaker John Boehner (R-Oh.) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) on screen during this segment was a pathetic deception.
Sadly, that's par for the course at CNN.
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CNN
Submitted by Fredy on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 12:07am.
Clearly, CNN is no longer interested in telling the public the truth in any way, shape, or form.
Burnett showed her liberal bias even before she moved
Submitted by nonncom on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 8:37am.
to the Communist Nation Network....I noticed when she was on CNBC she always stood to the left on any issue....I'm surprised she didn't shoot for MSNBC....she'd fit right in there....what's with CNN collecting all these little lefty cuties anyway?....I'd prefer a large busted conservative woman any day of the week, or at least some of the leggy gals over at FOX.....LOL.....
Specifically it is the Senate
Submitted by kg on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 9:23am.
Specifically it is the Senate and the picture should show Dingy Harry and his right hand man Chucky (I'm on camera) Schumer.
"DumbAssity of Dope"
Without the lies, they have
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 12:16am.
Without the lies, they have nothing to offer.
Again, Jos. Goebells
Submitted by gfrrman on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 12:22am.
would be proud of these useful idiots.
g
And
Submitted by Tjexcite on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 7:21am.
any time know when they are talking about republicans they will flash to pictures of rats
why wouldn't they
Submitted by wizardjr on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 1:08am.
Obysmal has been blaming the GOP for everything including the budget impasse for months now. These parrots are merely sqwaking the party line as they know it.
"Facts..? Facts!!!? We don' neeeed no steeenkin' facts!"
Unfortunatly, a whole lot of
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 1:31am.
Unfortunatly, a whole lot of dummies will see the clip and hear the soundbites - whether it's on CNN or any other MSM network OR MSM newspaper.................and BELIEVE IT!!! That is who these propagandists aim for - the misinformed, the uninformed, the dumb, the stupid, the ignorant, the clueless, and the brainwashed!!! And, for some strange reason, I keep getting the feeling that the 'reporters' on these networks come into the category that I just mentioned!!!
Just another example
Submitted by scottyusmc on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 2:46am.
What do you expect from a stupid “bent-over-a-desk-to-get-her job” freaking news reading c**t anyway? Oh, and it’s okay for me to say this because I’m a comedian!!!
Just another example
Submitted by scottyusmc on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 2:45am.
What do you expect from a stupid “bent-over-a-desk-to-get-her job” freaking news reading c**t anyway? Oh, and it’s okay for me to say this because I’m a comedian!!!
That's not nice
Submitted by Kevin Groenhagen on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 9:10am.
That's not a nice thing to say about John Avlon.
I've got the music for this thread..
Submitted by upcountrywater on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 3:11am.
Trouble Every Day
You Didn't Build That.
No federal budget for 3 years - and CNN misrepresents . .
Submitted by Gary Hall on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 3:25am.
No federal budget for 3 years - and CNN misrepresents . . to their audience who is entirely responsible for it?
It's been rather notable for quite some time now, that our national media has completely hidden this fact from the American people. Further, I don't recall any in the national media pounding on the Democratic leadership for refusing to pass a federal budget, nor for pounding on the Obama administration for keeping their puke mouths shut on the subject.
(;~/ gary
CNN...
Submitted by GeneralAl on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 5:25am.
CNN, better known as the Communist Nonsense Network!
"Old Soldiers never die, they just fade away"!
Professor Hawking
Submitted by oldfart on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 5:58am.
was right - there are alternative universes - it is obvious that CNN exists in one of them.
Yeah, it exists in the one
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 7:27am.
Yeah, it exists in the one called "Bizarro World."
Another "propo" by CNN. (The Hunger Games)
Disappointment
Submitted by Unsane on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 6:50am.
Erin, Erin, Erin...you so disappoint me.
Being hot doesn't give you the right to be a dumba**.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
The most trusted name in news!!!
Submitted by DumbCanuck on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 7:44am.
My leftoid brother claims that CNN is the most popular news service world-wide.
Then I showed him the latest ratings available at the time, and indicated that CNN may be popular in Europe........... (sheesh! I wonder why?)
He still prattles on about how worthy CNN is, until I send him links like this, to which he responds with "STOP SENDING ME THIS GARBAGE!"
You can dish it out, but you can't take it, eh, bro?
"There... Are... Four... Lights!"
Exactly
Submitted by Optionyout on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 8:50am.
My whole family are on the Left and my bro-in-law is a journolist. You show them this stuff and they filter you out and refuse to accept it into the conversation. And then laughingly label me the right wing nut of the family. Often the response if I get any is Joe Scarborough is on MSNBC so they (the media as a whole)have conservatives on TV and therefore can't be biased.
Ain't it the truth, their
Submitted by americanjarhead on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 6:58pm.
Ain't it the truth, their heads almost explode.
Advertising
Submitted by xyzzypoofs on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 8:09am.
It would be nice if there was a website that listed all the advertisers for "news" shows such as CNN and provided some "easy" snap petitions to the advertisers that people could sign and forward to them every time some garbage like this happens. Advertisers are rewarding this type of behavior because they are not aware that people do not want this cra% to continue. (Maybe Newsbusters could just add the link to petition right next to the comment button or something) And yes... sadly, I recognize that at first it would be falling on deaf ears because most company's marketing departments are probably ripe with left-wing leftover hippies and public school indoctrinated lib-zombies, but over time maybe we could wear at least a few of them out.
Look on the bright side
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 9:08am.
Look on the bright side. At least CNN took a break from the Republican's War on Women.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
Erin-the very dim bulb
Submitted by mmilesll on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 12:27pm.
I wonder if this dim bulb realizes that it takes TWO to pass a bill-the House and the SENATE. Maybe they forgot to tell her that. I just wonder where CNN manages to find such truly dumb news readers. They are giving the South a bad name.
I am starting to tweet to
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 2:08pm.
I am starting to tweet to these libturds (sorry Erin I liked you on CNBC but you have gone over the edge) and linking the NewsBusters article in the tweet. We should all start doing that to let them know that we are not sitting back in silence anymore taking any of this cr@p from them. Let them know we are watching and exposing their bias.
Here's what I assume would be Erin's defense
Submitted by Conservator on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 2:48pm.
"...Well see this would really be a problem, I think, because it's been more than 1,000 days since the last joint budget resolution..." Of course I disagree and know it was a cheap shot at the GOP.