“A “civil war” has engulfed the party, the New Yorker announced, which was especially lazy and misguided since there are exactly two Democratic senators standing in the way of Biden, and 48 who support him on infrastructure.”
That’s the thing. It’s not just that they’re fixated on process; it’s that they’re terrible at reporting on the process.
And Amy Walter of The Cook Report just did a "Dems in Disarray" schpiel on Morning Joe saying that "The Democrats are in a REALLY bad spot in the House ... and they've got a President right now who's under water." Wha...?!? 🤦🏼♂️ 😤
Why does the beltway press need an agenda besides good journalism? Sometimes good reporting has sizzle, but not always. Forcing it into preconceived boxes takes away the modifier 'good' so where are the editors?
Something of a contrary opinion: I think politically there is no rush to pass BBB. Pass it now and in a year the voters will have forgotten about it. I’m sure it’s benefits won’t really kick in before November 22 even if passed and signed today. So the election would be held in that period wherein people forget that it was passed but before effects are felt. So I think maybe some time early next year would be better. Maybe even a delay will give Sinema time to get an epiphany. (Manchin is a much lesser problem than Sinema IMO.)
All that said, I’m usually wrong about this kind of stuff so, I dunno, take the above hopefully.
Publicity (good or bad)= attention=clicks=advertisers=$$$$$. Could is also be that the same oligarchs that own the media companies are some of the ones the WP's new reporting on the offshore $$$$ scam is about?
Mangy Jay on Twitter had an outstanding thread with specific criticisms of media coverage about these bills. She ties it with a thread @johnastoher about how media covered LBJ's War on Poverty legislation compared with media's coverage of Biden's 2 big bills:
I sent an email to A.G. Sulzberger about his "trust" project, and had no expectation of hearing back. But I must say, his non-reporters, which is what those alleged to be covering politics in DC should be called, are doing everything they can to undermine the project. But after writing Advise and Consent, Allen Drury devolved into a right-wing flak--but he did write, and Gay Talese included it in The Kingdom and the Power, the routine about the DC media being committed to "stand tall in Georgetown."
So I say it again: Yes, republikkkans are traitors. Every single one of them in Congress (I'm also looking at the two on the January 6 committee--that's their only non-treasonous act in their careers, near as I can tell). But the bigger problem is that the DC political media brothel is 99.4% comprised of enemies of the people and this country.
You know the boat is listing to the right when Joe Manchin is described as a moderate. And even without an election for another 13 months, the DC-based media is in full horse race mode. Substance is b-o-r-i-n-g.
So glad I ditched The New Yorker (now something like $8 an issue!!)....guess Susan Glasser is who you must be talking about? "proud" wife of Peter Baker (NYT)... More like water carrier for Peter Baker and his ilk at NYT. And to think, she did some wonderful satiric pieces on the former guy calling the Insurrection "Minsk on the Potomac".
Yep, the Medicare drug negotiation is definitely what they hate the most. Three ads have run here in NEPA so far against allowing the govt to negotiate prices. One harkened back to the “death panels” twisting it that the govt will tell you what drugs you can and cannot take. They all end with call your rep and give his name and number. Mine is one the GOP is targeting since this area has gone very Trumpkin (which the Times loves and has covered.)
“A “civil war” has engulfed the party, the New Yorker announced, which was especially lazy and misguided since there are exactly two Democratic senators standing in the way of Biden, and 48 who support him on infrastructure.”
That’s the thing. It’s not just that they’re fixated on process; it’s that they’re terrible at reporting on the process.
Well we had a massive march in Los Angeles to let the six corrupted crooks on the court know where we stand on Roe.
Doesn't matter to the Press Corpse as they continue to defend the Sleazy Six.
The problem is not 2 obstructionist Senators. The problem is 52 obstructionist Senators.
"Math is hard," says our Failed Political Press ™.
This really ticked me off yesterday. A Washington Post Stenographer attacks Joe while he visits his family's graves...
https://twitter.com/fred_guttenberg/status/1444703051428900865?s=21
And Amy Walter of The Cook Report just did a "Dems in Disarray" schpiel on Morning Joe saying that "The Democrats are in a REALLY bad spot in the House ... and they've got a President right now who's under water." Wha...?!? 🤦🏼♂️ 😤
Why does the beltway press need an agenda besides good journalism? Sometimes good reporting has sizzle, but not always. Forcing it into preconceived boxes takes away the modifier 'good' so where are the editors?
Something of a contrary opinion: I think politically there is no rush to pass BBB. Pass it now and in a year the voters will have forgotten about it. I’m sure it’s benefits won’t really kick in before November 22 even if passed and signed today. So the election would be held in that period wherein people forget that it was passed but before effects are felt. So I think maybe some time early next year would be better. Maybe even a delay will give Sinema time to get an epiphany. (Manchin is a much lesser problem than Sinema IMO.)
All that said, I’m usually wrong about this kind of stuff so, I dunno, take the above hopefully.
"The D.C. media seems anxious to bury the Democratic president with over-the-top hyperbole"
So true. MSM keeps slinging mud at Biden.
Publicity (good or bad)= attention=clicks=advertisers=$$$$$. Could is also be that the same oligarchs that own the media companies are some of the ones the WP's new reporting on the offshore $$$$ scam is about?
Mangy Jay on Twitter had an outstanding thread with specific criticisms of media coverage about these bills. She ties it with a thread @johnastoher about how media covered LBJ's War on Poverty legislation compared with media's coverage of Biden's 2 big bills:
https://twitter.com/magi_jay/status/1443994097778311171
It's really an outstanding thread. And I do recollect how media coverage did cover policy and provisions.
I sent an email to A.G. Sulzberger about his "trust" project, and had no expectation of hearing back. But I must say, his non-reporters, which is what those alleged to be covering politics in DC should be called, are doing everything they can to undermine the project. But after writing Advise and Consent, Allen Drury devolved into a right-wing flak--but he did write, and Gay Talese included it in The Kingdom and the Power, the routine about the DC media being committed to "stand tall in Georgetown."
So I say it again: Yes, republikkkans are traitors. Every single one of them in Congress (I'm also looking at the two on the January 6 committee--that's their only non-treasonous act in their careers, near as I can tell). But the bigger problem is that the DC political media brothel is 99.4% comprised of enemies of the people and this country.
You know the boat is listing to the right when Joe Manchin is described as a moderate. And even without an election for another 13 months, the DC-based media is in full horse race mode. Substance is b-o-r-i-n-g.
The press has essentially developed a bad case of Stockholm syndrome when it comes to dealing with the Republican Party.
So glad I ditched The New Yorker (now something like $8 an issue!!)....guess Susan Glasser is who you must be talking about? "proud" wife of Peter Baker (NYT)... More like water carrier for Peter Baker and his ilk at NYT. And to think, she did some wonderful satiric pieces on the former guy calling the Insurrection "Minsk on the Potomac".
Yep, the Medicare drug negotiation is definitely what they hate the most. Three ads have run here in NEPA so far against allowing the govt to negotiate prices. One harkened back to the “death panels” twisting it that the govt will tell you what drugs you can and cannot take. They all end with call your rep and give his name and number. Mine is one the GOP is targeting since this area has gone very Trumpkin (which the Times loves and has covered.)