[lbo-talk] GOP views on stimulus given twice as much airtime as supporters'

B. docile_body at yahoo.com
Wed Jan 28 18:06:26 PST 2009


http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/28/cable-news-stimulus/

REPORT: GOP Lawmakers Outnumber Democratic Lawmakers 2 To 1 In Stimulus Debate On Cable News»

As Media Matters has documented, during the Bush administration, the media consistently allowed conservatives to dominate their shows, booking them as guests far more often than progressives. The rationale was that Republicans were “in power.”

It appears that old habits die hard. Even though President Obama and his team are in control of the executive branch and Democrats are in the majority in Congress, the cable networks are still turning more often to Republicans and allowing them to set the agenda on major issues, most recently on the debate over the economic recovery package.

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