Professional Journalism
by digby
On November 1, USDA reported that “Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients will see their monthly benefits decrease” after the expiration of benefit increases enacted in the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA). But Fox News Sunday, NBC’s Meet The Press, ABC’s This Week, and CBS’ Face the Nation all failed to bring up the issue on the November 3 editions of their respective shows.
47 million Americans are affected.
Meet the Press found time to talk about Chris Christie’s chances for 2016, debate President Obama’s legacy and chat with two time loser Mitt Romney. This Week featured Rand Paul blubbering about duels and plagiarism. Face the Nation‘s panel chattered at length about the JFK assassination. Fox News Sunday gave what seemed like hours to Huckleberry Graham to opine on Benghazi and fetuses. None of them could spare a minute to mention that 47 million Americans are going to have less money for food this week.
I wonder what goodies they all nibbled in the green room before they went on the air. I hope they had some good smoked salmon and a mimosa or two. Just to calm the nerves.
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