BLOG # 11 The Cable News Network (CNN) covered this event quite objectively, given that it brought out well the fact that the Covid-19 relief issue was a national concern, coming at a time when there was a change of leadership in the country (Fox, 2021). Having lost approximately 500,000 Americans to the pandemic, the bill to help Americans shoulder the resultant economic burden needed a bipartisan approach (Fox, 2021). The reporter even observed, and rightly so, that even within the Democratic Party itself, the moderates and the progressives needed to work together. For the undecided, the general opinion was that it was not appropriate to fight Biden's first major assignment, more so if it is a bill that is popular across the country (Fox, 2021). The reporter did well to observe the most likely reaction of the Republicans, who may oppose the bill for no reason other than that they lost in the elections (Fox, 2021). One issue the writer has noted is the slim majority held by the ...
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