Media Bias and Conservative Setbacks in the Federal Shutdown

By Andrew Thomas on Nov 2, 2013

Staunch support from major news organizations was a trump card held by Obama and the Democrats throughout the dispute with congressional Republicans. They recognized early on, if not before the fight began, they could completely refuse to negotiate. Following a fortnight of partial federal government shutdown, as Washington returned to business as usual, media and political analysts took the news space and air time formerly ceded to reporting the situation to assessing winners and losers in the national confrontation. Few had little good to say about Republican leaders in Congress, and just as few judged their efforts successful. Rush Limbaugh and other conservative media opinion leaders, in particular, roundly condemned the agreement to reopen federal agencies and institutions without concessions from President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress……Read the rest of the article at the Selous Foundation for Public Policy Research…