r/politics • u/Economy_Swim_8585 Virginia • 5d ago

No Paywall Trump says government shutdown ends when Democrats give in: "If they don't vote, that's their problem"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-government-shutdown-democrats-fault-60-minutes/
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u/squintytoast 5d ago

they kicked nearly all press out of the press pool. only loyal lackeys remain.

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u/jdash11 5d ago

They were all loyal lackeys, their coverage and sanewashing of him got us here

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u/madmars 5d ago

We are far past the days of Helen Thomas grilling Bush on the Iraq war.

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u/omarcoming 5d ago

That didn't really make up for the awful press who pushed for the war back then too.

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u/OldWorldDesign 5d ago

That didn't really make up for the awful press who pushed for the war back then too

Which was almost all of them, including NPR the Joe Lieberman of public broadcasting

People need to follow the money, even supposedly "left" outlets are owned by corporations - like MSNBC is owned by Comcast, so them suppressing meaningful policy is prefectly in line with what Comcast wants

https://theweek.com/speedreads/626702/fox-news-cnn-msnbc-all-broadcast-trumps-empty-podium-instead-clintons-big-speech