Rachel Maddow Busts The Media For Their Pro-Tea Party Bias

Last updated on March 23rd, 2013 at 12:16 am

Rachel Maddow called out the mainstream media for blaming the dead, dying, and virtually non-existent tea party for the fact that Republican policies are unpopular.

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Maddow said, “The House Tea Party Caucus established 2010 was founded in 2010 and by halfway through 2011 accumulated 60 members, 60. But then poof. As quickly as it emerged, it appears to have fizzled. slate.com’s Dave Weigel says the Tea Party Caucus that was supposedly shaking up Washington and changing politics haven’t met since July of last year. Their website is still up and running, so somebody is paying web hosting fees but the membership page no longer exists. Apparently the group is refiling to try to make themselves exist again in Congress, but right now they’re just not there. Haven’t been there for months. Until today, nobody really noticed, which is fine, unless the Beltway wants to keep using their supposed existence as justification for why no one listens to the Republican Party’s so-called leaders. If you don’t have existence of the Tea Party Caucus to blame for that any more, who are you going to blame instead?”

Maddow asked a really important question. Why is the media making excuses for lack of popularity of the Republican agenda. The media keeps blaming the tea party. This blame is based on the myth that the tea party is separate from the Republican Party. The tea party is/was a part of the Republican Party. The media has created all kinds of delusion and denial to cover up the fact that most of the country strongly disagrees with the Republican agenda.

Instead of making excuses for the Republican Party, wouldn’t it be nice if the media told truth? Both parties aren’t equal right now, and one party is way out of step with the direction of the country. It would be refreshing if the media, especially the Beltway media would stop pretending.

The tea party still exists in the minds of pundit class, which means that they will always get more attention than the real populist movements on the left. The tea party is dead, but the “liberal media” is doing their best to keep them alive

Jason Easley

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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