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Sunday, December 18, 2011

More Media Bias

This morning, Speaker of the House John Boehner said that the House Republicans are not satisfied with the two month extension of the payroll tax cut that just passed the Senate; the GOP wants a full year extension rather than just a move to kick the can down the road for 60 days. I just happened to hear ABC and CBS radio news both cover that story. ABC played it relatively straighforwardly; the reported what Boehner said in full. CBS, however, reported the story as House Republicans refusing to approve the extension of the payroll tax cut. That's all CBS said in about 30 seconds of coverage. Anyone who listened to CBS would get the picture that the House GOP was against any extention of this tax cut. In other words, the CBS coverage was totally misleading. I do not know why I am still amazed by the extent of bias that shows in the media. I ought to be used to it by now.

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