Government shutdown
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‘Sinful!’ CNN Hypes Senate Dems Bashing House GOP Over Budget Battle
Amidst the scare of a government shutdown, CNN News Central provided its viewers Tuesday morning with only the dramatic “expressions of heartburn” of Senate Democrats rather than the concerns and explanations from Senate Republicans or from the accused House Republicans. One would think that the opinions of the House Republicans would be considered far more crucial information to…
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CNN, MSNBC: ‘Far-Right’ ‘Hardliners’ Are Shutting Down the Goverment
Left-wing cable networks CNN and MSNBC are desperate to blame any potential hiccups in the government funding fight on the conservative wing of the Republican Party. As the deadline for Congress to pass a spending bill approaches, reporters on both networks have been stewing over “hardliners” and their “far-right” demands during budget negotiations.
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FLASHBACK: The Media’s Long History of One-Sided Shutdown Coverage
Journalists’ shutdown playbook is straightforward: single out Republicans for blame; highlight “victims” of the shutdown to build public anger; and then claim Democrats won because they were the “grown-up” party.
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NY Times 'News Analysis' RIPS 'Hard Right' GOP 'Wrecking-Ball Caucus'
New York Times chief Washington correspondent Carl Hulse’s coverage of the fight in Congress over a government shutdown versus conservative insistence that federal spending must be reduced given the national debt has now surpassed $33 trillion. Hulse ignored that in favor of several stories painting Republicans as nihilistic extremists. (Hulse reliably sides with Democrats in Capitol…
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Nets Wail Federal Bureaucrats Won't Get Paid During Govt Shutdown
With the deadline to avert a government shutdown just days away, all three evening news broadcasts went back to a familiar playbook they've used since at least the Reagan administration where they find government bureaucrats who will cry poor due to not receiving a paycheck during a potential shutdown. This isn't even the case most times since most government employees get paid on a bi-weekly…
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Chuck Todd: GOP Are Being 'Absurd' in Trying to 'Punish' Our 'Economy'
On Tuesday's MTP Daily on MSNBC, host Chuck Todd battled Indiana Sen. Mike Braun over the GOP's refusal to assist the Democrats in passing their agenda by raising the debt ceiling. According to Todd, the GOP have been playing "Russian Roulette" and threatening to "punish the American economy" with an "absurd" "game of chicken."
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Eager ABC: Will Republicans 'Embarrass,' 'Rebuke' Trump on Border?
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TV's Shutdown News Blamed Trump, Touted Victims Over Border Debate
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Joe Scarborough Sides with Nancy Pelosi: Wall 'Immoral'
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CNN's Cupp: Trump Pandering to Ann Coulter's 'Wall Porn' 'Fetish'
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Morning Joe Excited By Pelosi Continuing To Block SOTU
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NBC's Chuck Todd: Trump 'Helped Solidify' Pelosi's Power over Dems
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MSNBC's Katy Tur Compares Trump to a Four-Year-Old
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