Jay RosenApr 28, 2023

The debt limit sprains the both sides brain.

Read Dan Froomkin:

"Extremist Republicans have been enabled by media coverage that tries to split the difference, and treats what is essentially a hostage crisis created exclusively by one side as a normal, two-sided partisan squabble. Indeed, our top political reporters now insist that the onus is on Biden to solve the problem."

https://presswatchers.org/2023/04/republicans-threaten-to-tank-economy-media-blames-biden/

#uspol #journalists #journalism

Republicans threaten to tank economy. Media blames Biden. - Press Watch

The nation is not “barreling toward default,” nor is it “careening,” or even “drifting” there. It is being pushed there by Republicans.

Press Watch - An intervention for American political journalism
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@jayrosen_nyu the Supreme Court, big media, gerrymandered states. Corrupt congress. We are hanging by a thread here and if I hear Marianne William’s name again I’m going to. 🔥🚀
Apr 28, 2023 at 10:03pmWeb