Media gets filibuster affair backwards: GOP obstructionism ignored, then blame Dems for filibuster

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Media gets filibuster affair backwards: News outlets ignore GOP obstructionism, then blame Dems for filibuster - Josh Marshall has been documenting just how irresponsible the media has been in neglecting to report on GOP filibusters, leading to widespread confusion as to why Congress isn’t passing legislation. Now, once the media finally brings itself to start introducing the word to the public, major news outlets get it backwards: "During the July 17 edition of ABC’s Good Morning America, co-anchor Diane Sawyer falsely claimed that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) 'vows to filibuster, talking all night to close out all topics besides a vote on Iraqi troop withdrawals.' … Additionally, on the July 16 edition of Fox News’ Special Report with Brit Hume, Weekly Standard executive editor Fred Barnes asserted that Reid is 'filibustering his own bill.'” Sawyer has been a professional political correspondent in DC since 1978. Before that, she worked in two Republican White Houses. She must know what a filibuster is.

Posted: 7/18/2007

GOP fascists didn't buy up all that broadcast and print media in the 80s and 90s to tell the nation the truth.