How the media is fueling the shutdown. Political theater. - TopicsExpress



          

How the media is fueling the shutdown. Political theater. Grandstanding. Playing to the cameras. These are just a few of the accusations being hurled now that the U.S. House and Senate have turned their showdown into a shutdown, grinding the gears of government to a halt. But why the sudden outrage? All this has been going on for years, since calls for transparency and the advent of new media technologies have turned government, politics and political coverage into the biggest (and lowest-rated) reality TV show in the nation. Call it Big Brother Washington. Only this time it’s Republicans and Democrats locked in a house together, getting nothing done, their every move recorded in a 24-hour news cycle while the media chirp their disapproval on Twitter and the nightly news. - Lauren Maddox, POLITICO
Posted on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 11:33:26 +0000

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