The Media Lobbyists Lose on Guns | CNS News
President Obama suffered a large, embarrassing loss in the Senate on a slew of gun-control bills. If this were a Republican president, they'd be sounding the lame-duck alarms on the nightly newscasts. But most media outlets can't do this. They were fully vested in this campaign alongside Obama, and to underscore his weakness is to acknowledge their own.
Since mid-December, the broadcast networks and cable news hosts like Piers Morgan and Joe Scarborough have relentlessly lobbied for gun control. On how many occasions did they completely shred the notion of objectivity — of journalism itself — and boldly engage in lobbying for gun control, using their networks as megaphones? Let's consider a few recent moments.
1. On April 11, "Morning Joe" hosted Vice President Biden for about an hour-long interview — yes, most people get 5-6-7 minutes, but if you're the Veep and want to promote gun control, you get an hour. It was an embarrassing hour of kissy-face that ended like this: Biden says, "Joe, thank you." Scarborough laughs. Biden: " No, no, no, no, no. You have changed the debate in America. You."
Scarborough replies, "Thank you so much." Biden insists, "The two guys that deserve — if anything gets done — an award here are you and Michael Bloomberg." Awwww, shucks
"We are the 90%," Joe Scarborough tweeted after the defeat. "And 90% will not be ignored." (I just love macho chest-thumping declarations of war in tweets. )
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