Who will fill the media void?

By Creature

Josh Marshall:

The pretty simple fact here is that the Republicans are not willing or able to criticize any of the substantial amounts of spending in this bill. They're focus on a few tiny parts of it. And too few people are pointing out that these amount to maybe one or two percent of the program total.

I don't necessarily blame Republicans for trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the American people regarding the stimulus. It's their nature. However, it's the media's job to point out, as Josh Marshall says, that the amounts Republicans are harping on come to "maybe one or two percent of the program total."

Now, since the media is too busy setting up false equivalents between Republicans and Democrats and, after eight years of Bush, it should be painfully obvious to any Democrat that the media will never point out the lies beneath Republican spin, it's Democrats that must step up to fill the void and this is where they are sorely lacking. Nobody wants to do the media's job for them, but for the sake of the country someone must.