Top Dem lawyer blasts CBS News: 'Do you really need to both-sides democracy?'

[UCmeNdc]

Link to tweet

[sheshe2]

1. Exactly.

[niyad]

2. Spot on!

[marble falls]

3. Maybe not, but you remain open to it. Like Joe Biden.

[cilla4progress]

5. What?

???

[marble falls]

8. Maybe we can remain a democracy with one party working around the another, ...

... but like Joe Biden, I am still looking for bipartisanship.

[cilla4progress]

11. Thanks -

I misunderstood!

[Deacon Blue]

24. Unicorn Hunting

GLWT

[Layzeebeaver]

27. The thing you seek does not exist.

It will never happen. Mcturtle said so.

[soldierant]

28. Pretty sur McConnell is not immortal.

Although I could, of course, be wrong.

[Layzeebeaver]

33. Fair point.

We don't actually know the reptile's lifespan.

[SergeStorms]

4. The media thrives on controversy.

Without it, there's no reason for people to watch them. The "other guy's" administration was a ratings gold mine for them. President Biden just goes about his business, doing the things Americans want DONE, with a minimum of controversy. The media hates that. Americans are paying attention to other things, like getting their lives back together after a pandemic and four years of the WORST president in history.
So screw the media. 😁

[Sherman A1]

13. Yup, Drama TV

Or infotainment to fill airtime between ads for drugs we never knew we needed. I don’t waste my time watching any of them.

[BobTheSubgenius]

20. Unfortunately, the time that could be spent on talking about all the good things the admin. is doing

is going to be filled somehow. And that "how" is often more lies, more bloviating, more character assassination with ZERO basis. You know what would drive the RWNJs out of their minds? If President Biden revived the Fireside Chats. The job he's doing is very reminiscent of FDR.

[jaxexpat]

26. Carter did that right off the bat and they tried to act offended about his wearing sweaters.

US media is a go-for-blood or sleep business. No middle ground. Didn't improve with 24/7 coverage either.

Oops, I forget. How many here can recall when the TeeVee went silent after a certain hour and didn't wake up until hours later, maybe 5:00 am or so? from test pattern to shining test pattern. Being a country boy, my first experience of 24 hour cable stations was in 1975 imbibing in the sophisticated wilderness of Corning, NY. After suffering 23 glorious (in retrospect) years of sleeping at night. Still I do recall waking early and watching the test pattern until the farm report came on. I was a child who didn't know soybean futures from vacuum tubes but I was glued to that tube. The pioneering baby boomer! From pork bellies to Ernie Kovacs, we had it all.

[BobTheSubgenius]

35. I do remember those days.

My first memory with displeasure at that night-time test pattern was when I was about 3. I don't know where we had been, but I had been sleeping before we drove home. I was already feeling a little scratchy and slightly ill-humoured, and hectored them into turning on the TV to prove to me that there was nothing to watch.

[Dream Girl]

23. That's why they stir up shit over trivial things and both side big ones

[Tommymac]

6. This links to AD Bloated 'RawStory dot com' for those who care.

I hate that site. The info is ok, but the ADS are horrible.

Thanks for the tweet though, but I'll look for other sources.

[HUAJIAO]

14. I get NO ads at all. I have UBLOCK.

I don't get any ads on DU either, but I made a donation anyway...

[SouthBayDem]

18. This article is based on a tweet by Marc Elias

Link to tweet

[reACTIONary]

22. I don't even like the content...

... too often it is exaggerated click bait.

[soldierant]

29. I also have an adblocker

but least on actual sites one has a chance of not seeing the horrendous ads if your own browsing history (and history of clicking on ads) os clean enough. Not so in newsletters. The Hill's newsletters and email updates make my hair stand on end.

[malaise]

7. About time Dems called them out

K & R

[Kid Berwyn]

10. Big Joe Biden

Always nice on the outside.

Like steel inside.

It’s dawning on the Trickle Down Ownership Class their 40-year run is over.

[calimary]

32. I sure hope that 40-year run is over!

"Trickle-down." It always struck me as little more than a clever new way to say "peed-ON" but not offend many people OR give away the ballgame.

[Kid Berwyn]

34. "Supply Side Economics"

Welfare for the Wealthy.

[Wounded Bear]

9. K&R...nt

[GoCubsGo]

12. More of this, please!!!

LOTS more!

[bucolic_frolic]

15. That laser may mark the high water mark of the neo-confederacy

That has real teeth in it.

[NoMoreRepugs]

16. Days of playing nice are a distant memory.

[ananda]

17. Wow! We need more of this all over the place!

Thank you, Marc Elias!

[johnthewoodworker]

19. I'm not sure why Republicans aren't called Nazis. Are we supposed to work with these morons in

trying to limit voting? They don't like POC, liberals, or women. They don't want them to vote. Are we supposed to help them prevent democracy as a bipartisan approach? Anybody can see this is wrong, including journalists.

[RockRaven]

21. Yeah, they do. Their business model is built on soap opera false equivalency horse racing.

Generate and inflame anxiety to keep people watching. They only care about ratings/clicks, damn the consequences.

[uponit7771]

36. +1,

[Bayard]

25. Marc Elias has been on Rachel a number of times

He is fighting the good fight on voting rights in a number of states.

And he has pictures of his dog all over the place, as you can see. Gotta love that!

[orangecrush]

30. About time.

[SunSeeker]

31. K & R & Retweeted!