The media’s approach to Rand Paul’s filibuster: pretend it never happened *UPDATED*
Bookworm on Mar 07 2013 | Filed under: Congress, Media matters
Tweet Yesterday, Rand Paul embarked upon a nearly 12-hour-long standing filibuster. The filibuster’s ostensible purpose and practical effect was to delay a vote on John Brennan’s nomination to head the CIA. It’s real purpose, though, was to force Attorney General Eric Holder to answer a straightforward question: “Does the President have the authority to use [...]
