Saturday, January 29, 2011

THAT DAMN "LAMESTREAM" MEDIA

(h/t Steve Benen)

It really is lame to praise a man who is not much better than a financial lunatic:
PAUL RYAN AND HIS MEDIA BASE.... For a while, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was so beloved by the media establishment that he referred to political reporters as his "base." In time, as McCain adopted new personas, his relationship with the media strained, and his "base" moved on.

As it turns out, they fell into the arms of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), a right-wing lawmaker reporters in D.C. love to love.

Last week, apropos of nothing, the New York Times emphasized what "a respected voice on fiscal issues" Ryan is. This week, ABC News ran a puff piece on Ryan that was so shameless, the network's airtime should probably count as an in-kind contribution to the Republican's re-election campaign.

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