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“There is definitely some difficult incentives built into it when you have people responsible for creating the laws that are going to oversee themselves. There isn’t a lot of momentum often to make changes.”
The New York Times’ Jonathan Weisman reports that President Barack Obama’s chances of getting “fast track” authority to negotiate trade agreements are shrinking as “the political fringes expand on each end.”
Edsall finds it alarming that people are objecting to the platforms of political parties, and using identification with a party’s agenda as a gauge of character.
As Arsalan Iftikhar suggested, Bobby Jindal does devote considerable effort to criticizing minority groups who have done less to fit the the American majority image. This strategy was on full display in Jindal’s softball interview with Fox News host Neil Cavuto.
On Meet the Press, host Chuck Todd tried to provide some historical context to the controversy over incoming GOP majority whip Steve Scalise’s speaking before a white supremacist group. He failed.
Bob Schieffer is right that “a lot of people” think the Democrats should move to the “center”–especially journalists and pundits, who have been saying this for at least 30 years. There’s no reason to think it’s especially good advice, but that doesn’t seem to matter.
The United States does not have a surgeon general because Washington works–for the gun lobby.
The new issue of Time magazine declares Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul the most interesting man in politics. Maybe that says something about Time, or about the state of American politics.
Ryan wants to change his public image, and is relying on media coverage to help him do that. The NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff was unsurprisingly doing her part.
Todd’s critics are upset by the failure of journalism act as a check on government power, and to process-style political journalism that crowds out reporting on issues of actual substance.
On the show this week: The idea that the surge of US troops is what ‘won’ the Iraq War shouldn’t be treated as if it’s a fact. Plus we look at who NBC tapped for his Iraq/Iran expertise, and media tried to tell us what we need to know about a powerful Republican lawmaker. They failed.
Time magazine tries to tell you three things you should know about an important and powerful politician. What they tell readers is something else.
Andrew Cuomo is a ‘centrist’ politician–meaning one who promotes unpopular policies on behalf of the very rich.
The same well-heeled elites and their representatives who dominate US politics and policy are also grossly over-represented among the owners of US corporate media.
National Journal reporter James Oliphant has discovered that the Obama White House has a very powerful weapon it can deploy against its critics: bloggers.
Big efforts are underway to burnish Bill Clinton’s economic legacy. The New York Times does its part by failing to quote critics of Clinton’s record.
Paul Ryan says he wants to fight poverty, and he can convince reporters that he means it. But what about his actual record?
One of the most consistent rules in corporate media’s political coverage: If you’re talking about Democrats, you should point out that those who drift too far to the left could find themselves in trouble.
Veteran CBS anchor Bob Schieffer slams the influence of big money in politics. But when he says he wants more bipartisanship, what does he really mean?
Leaving the Washington Post, Robert Kaiser revealed his frustration that the “rules” of elite journalism do not allow one to call out lying politicians. He also demonstrated another key Beltway tendency: pretending that both sides are equally guilty of similar offenses.
