The media don’t care about the fact the the sequester was President Obama’s idea in the first place, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell noted on the February 20 edition of CNBC’s Kudlow Report. What’s more, the media certainly don’t care that the sequester will impose a mere two percent reduction in federal spending, hardly a “meat cleaver” approach to reducing spending.
The media are “beyond redemption” on the issue, so it’s up to the Republican Party to directly make their case to the American people, the Media Research Center founder insisted during a panel segment with liberal economist Jared Bernstein and conservative former New York congresswoman Nan Hayworth (R). “What the Republican Party should be saying to Mr. and Mrs. America is this is an out-of-control government and they can’t even cut two percent without claiming that the world is going to come to an end…. This should be a no-brainer.” [To watch the full segment, click play on the video embedded below the page break]
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