The press got played so easily by GOP in August re: Afghan "crisis" coverage

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Eric Boehlert
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Sep 30, 2021
the press got played so easily by GOP in August re: Afghan “crisis” coverage

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Meanwhile, every single Republican senator just voted to curtail assistance to Afghan refugees. https://washingtonpost.com/politics/cotton-amendment-defeated/2021/09/30/7fb1a02c-2206-11ec-8200-5e3fd4c49f5e_story.html?tid=ss_tw…

Eric Boehlert
@EricBoehlert
I can’t even count the number of GOP’s were allowed to attack Biden in the press in the name of Afghan refugees….who GOP now want kept out of country
1:28 PM · Sep 30, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cotton-amendment-defeated/2021/09/30/7fb1a02c-2206-11ec-8200-5e3fd4c49f5e_story.html

The evenly divided Senate narrowly turned back a Republican amendment Thursday that sought to curtail assistance to Afghan refugees who were rapidly evacuated to the United States and that would have made it more difficult for them to obtain Real IDs.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) sought to attach the amendment to legislation to fund the government into early December, which is expected to pass later Thursday with bipartisan support. Cotton’s amendment received 50 votes, one short of the number needed to succeed. The tally broke along partisan lines.

In addition to providing stopgap funding to keep the government open, the spending measure includes emergency funding for the resettlement of Afghan refugees who fled amid the takeover of the country by the Taliban and U.S. military exit.

Cotton’s amendment sought to cut off housing, food and medical aid, among other assistance, as of March 31, 2023, for Afghans who were granted parole to quickly enter the United States.

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[JI7]

1. They didn't "get played". They are part of the right wing bs

[onecaliberal]

3. 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 They're partners. All owned by the same.

[Walleye]

2. Yep, border crisis, debt ceiling crisis, government shut down crisis. The so-called liberal media

[Rorey]

4. It's all about money

There's no interest to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

[StarfishSaver]

5. Not surprising. These are the same people

who defend turning their backs on immigrants and refugees "because we need to take care of our own people right at home" ... But when it's time to "take care of our own people right here at home," they always vote no.

Unfortunately, the press always covers these as two separate stories and rarely calls them on their hypocrisy because they can only manage to concentrate on one story at a time.

[stillcool]

6. I can't separate the

media from the GOP. There are some publications which are like 'moderates', but they can always be counted on to do what's best for they and theirs. As Scooter said...They turn in clusters because their roots connect them.

[NCDem47]

7. Who owns the media in the U.S?

About 15 billionaires and six corporations own most of the U.S. media outlets.

The biggest media conglomerates in America are AT&T (CNN), Comcast (NBC/MSNBC), The Walt Disney Company (ABC), National Amusements (which includes Viacom Inc. and CBS), News Corp and Fox Corporation (which are both owned in part by the Murdochs), Sony, and Hearst Communications.

[Polly Hennessey]

8. The press were not played. They are complicit.

Wonder if Andrea will drone on and on about the Republicans voting against Afghanistan refugee assistance. Quelle surprise - not.

[Irish_Dem]

9. The press are not being played. They are the propaganda arm of the GOP/KGB.

[Demovictory9]

10. online... anger over coverage of Gabby P case because it took away from the drubbing Biden was getti

getting..

seriously. commenters saw that the media seemed to be able to cover only one issue at at time... september was Gabby Petito is missing month. that story sucked the oxygen out of the room.

[iemanja]

11. How absurd

Anyone who thought that the GOP would welcome Afghan refugees is a moron.
It's not like the GOP ever disguised that point.