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Talking Points Memo's +Josh Marshall asks a pointed — and entirely reasonable — question regarding coverage of the latest Republican claim about the healthcare law:
"Just how stupid are all you reporters?"
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I’ve got a question: Just how stupid are all you reporters? No, that’s not a rhetorical question. Whether you want to call the ACA health care mandate a tax or not is mainly a semantic point. It’s a p…
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They're not stupid. The mainstream media is a afraid. The GOP strategy starting with Reagan was to label any media outlet that presented a critical, unflattering or even asked difficult questions of GOP policy as a having a liberal agenda. This effectively silenced all debate in the mainstream media in this country.
In their attempts to be fair, and unwilling to be labeled as having an agenda, the mainstream media has been cowed into giving every right wing blowhard an open forum for whatever they want to spew.
So, the media aren't stupid, just cowards.
+Andrew McDonald Afraid or not, anyone that calls themself a journalist that won't seek or call out the truth is still stupid.