Heroic ted cruz meme6/22/2023 ![]() ![]() What does that say about journalists writ large?Īnd what does it say about the coverage of Davis? Let’s compare. Of course a liberal edit board is in favor of liberal grandstanding and against conservative grandstanding. Neither does the NYT edit board’s position-it’s an edit board. Josh Marshall, the editor and publisher of Talking Points Memo, had no qualms about coming right out and calling Cruz, his former Princeton colleague, an “arrogant jerk” - and worse.ĭoes this prove anything? Byers says that CNN described Cruz as “likely guided more by presidential aspirations than principles.” But the story he links to suggests that Cruz has multiple motivations, while “critics question his motives” and ask “is this about his principles or about presidential aspirations?” Doesn’t read like the news division taking a stance on this. … Cruz is portrayed in the media as “aimless and self-destructive” ( NYT ed board), elitist ( GQ) and likely guided more by presidential aspirations than principles ( CNN). When Cruz grandstands against Obamacare, he is a laughingstock in the eyes of many journalists on Twitter, an “ embarrassment” in the eyes of The New York Times editorial board. Wendy Davis filibusters against abortion restrictions, she is elevated to hero status, her tennis shoes become totems. Davis’s filibuster was just as self-promotional as Cruz’s, and just as directed at a bid for higher office.Ĭarney’s take, intended to work the refs, worked on Politico’s Dylan Byers. The media spin on Davis, according to him: “Hero! Giving a voice to women! Glowing interviews on every TV station.”ĭavis’s filibuster was no more likely than Cruz’s to change the law. “The typical mainstream spin on this: It’s grandstanding! He’s just raising money! Fauxlibuster!” wrote Carney, without citations. The meme was codified by Tim Carney in a column titled “Wendy Davis was a media hero and Ted Cruz is a ‘grandstander.’ ” It is this: The biased media canonized Wendy Davis for her filibuster in Texas, but is giving too little or too cynical attention to Cruz. After about five minutes, he pronounced he had “probably spoken enough” and left, ignoring some frivolous but logistical questions about how he’d had the stamina to hold the floor for 21 hours.Īnyway: I recount all this because a curious but predictable meme has broken out across the Internet. “Any senator who votes to give the majority leader the ability to fund Obamacare on a 51-vote party vote has voted to fund Obamacare.” He name-checked James Hoffa, whose disagreement with Obamacare is that union health plans don’t get subsidies, twice. “Americans are convinced there shouldn’t be two sets of rules, one for members of Congress and another for hard-working families,” he said. “What you think you’ve accomplished?”Ĭruz gave another two minutes of greatest hits. “Can you talk about your feelings for us?” asked NBC News’ Kelly O’Donnell. ![]() ![]() It’s causing millions of Americans not to have a job, to potentially lose a job, to be pushed into part-time work … this debate was about whether Washington was listening to the American people.” “Obamacare is the biggest job killer in this country. “Good afternoon,” said Cruz, who proceeded to condense his speech into two minutes. When Ted Cruz finally emerged from the Senate floor, he was met by a group of reporters nearly as large as the one that greeted Barack Obama when he came to the Hill to talk to senators about Syria. ![]()
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