More Media Bias

This certainly comes as no surprise, from Brit Hume's Grapevine:

When Senate Democrats refused to allow consideration of all three competing resolutions on Iraq yesterday, seeking instead to bring only two to the Senate floor, Republicans stopped them from bringing the issue up at all. The Democrats then complained that Republicans were blocking debate on Iraq, and mainstream media outlets immediately agreed.

"Republicans block Senate Debate on Iraq," said the AP. "GOP blocks a debate over Iraq policy," concurred the New York Times. "GOP stalls debate on troop increase," echoed the Washington Post.

In fact, of course, both sides were trying to have the debate on terms most favorable to their party, but in this case, the Republicans were actually seeking a broader debate with more resolutions considered while the Democrats wanted to address just those that seemed most likely to come out their way.

The Democrats are coming out lying through their teeth about this, as usual, acting all indignant and outraged that the Republicans have "stifled debate." They know the media will carry their water, so they're really not worried about it not having been too terribly long ago that THEY were using the filibuster in ways it had never been used, namely to require a super-majority in order to just VOTE on a federal judge. They are the ones who stifle debate, yet they are out there leading the way in falsely charging the Republicans. Unfortunately, there are always mildly interested people who will hear it on CBS and blindly believe it.

UPDATE: Rush has a great roundup of this. Check it out.