NPR this morning
As part of their ongoing quest to help normalize Trump, perhaps in the vain hope that ingratiating themselves to him will save them from funding cuts, NPR this morning tried once again to sell the "both sides do it" narrative.
The commentator Susan Davis spoke with a Democratic Congressman whose name escapes me, alas (and isn't yet showing on the story's blurb page).
In the course of the discussion, Ms. Davis noted that Democrats complained when Republicans stone-walled Democrats' efforts to pass the Affordable Care Act the first time around, so aren't Democrats now guilty of the same thing in stone-walling Republican efforts at reform?
See the false equivalency? Democrats squawked when Republicans tried to block the passage of the Affordable Care Act because they wanted to destroy it outright. Democrats are now trying to stop the destruction of the Affordable Care Act by blocking Republican efforts to destroy it again. But to NPR, it's all just politickin' with the parties skirmishing in their standard & petty territorial disputes. Further, the framing portrays Republicans as the injured party in both instances, with Democrats complaining about them the first time around and now resisting them in the current case.
I'll give credit where due, in that they actually sought a Democrat for comment on a Democratic strategy, whereas NPR typically gives a Republican free airtime deliver a lengthy critique of any Democratic action or statement. Still, NPR once again acquieses to the Right out of its profound and persistent fear of being labeled a "Liberal Media" outlet.
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