Patrick Kennedy: MSM Despicable
By Amie Parnes
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) railed against the mainstream media on Wednesday, calling the press corps “despicable” and saying that reporters are “not covering the most significant issue of national importance.”
In a speech on the House floor, an angry Kennedy turned a speech on Afghanistan into a finger-pointing lecture to the Washington press.
“If anybody wants to know where cynicism is … cynicism is that there is one … two press people in this gallery,” Kennedy said, angrily pointing to the press gallery where reporters sit. “We’re talking about Eric Massa 24/7 on the TV. We’re talking about war and peace, $3 billion, 1,000 lives and no press?”
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