Why Cover It?

Yesterday, Nancy Pelosi, the Democrat leader of the House, was asked about all those $1000 bonuses that companies have been giving to workers as a result of the passage of the Republican tax cut law.  As of now, there are over 2 million workers getting those checks and many others are getting raises as well.  Pelosi had warned before the passage of the bill that it would be the end of the world.  I'm not exaggerating; Pelosi actually said that.  She claimed that the tax cuts would give no benefits to the average middle income American but would actually hurt them just to benefit the wealthy.  In any event, Pelosi's take on these bonuses is that they are "insignificant crumbs".  That's an amazing statement.  For most Americans, an extra thousand dollars is far from insignificant.  I realize that Pelosi and her husband are worth something like fifty million dollars, so they may think of a thousand dollars as pocket change, but still Pelosi is supposed to understand the average American.  At least she pretends to understand when she acts as the Democrat leader.

So what sort of coverage was given to Pelosi's statement?  The answer is that it got almost no coverage in the media. 

Pelosi was also asked yesterday about the people in Congress trying to work out a DACA compromise.  Pelosi said that she calls the group the "Five White Guys".  Really, that's what she said.  Steny Hoyer, part of the Democrat leadership of the House who is also one of the people in that group, called Pelosi's comment "offensive".  So what coverage did it get?  I'll let you guess, but if you say next to none, you win the prize.