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Here's a great example of subtle media bias in mainstream print media from today. The Washington Post just emailed an alert about the FL legislature's passage
by masonic 9y ago
Here's a great example of subtle media bias in mainstream print media from today.
The Washington Post just emailed an alert about the FL legislature's passage of SB 7026, the gun bill in response to the Douglas HS shooting:
"Defying NRA, Florida legislature passes new rules to impose waiting period, raise purchasing age for long guns
The Florida House bill imposes a three-day waiting period for most purchases of long guns and raises the minimum age for purchasing those weapons to 21... The response to the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 dead signaled a major shift for a state known as a legal laboratory for gun rights activists. It could become a blueprint for other states looking at new measures to address mass shootings."
Now, that spin would have you believe that this was a major Democrat victory and an NRA defeat.
In reality, the bill was watered down to near-meaninglessness and actually passed with Republican support and over Democrat opposition. All but 3 Democrat senators opposed it. 31 of 41 Democrat House members opposed it. None of that critical detail enters the WP narrative at all.