Topic: Senate Bill S853

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Lonely Crazies
Episode 508 43:41 - 48:36

508: Lonely Crazies

Airport Armageddon, FAA Sequestration Script

The "Airport Armageddon" narrative regarding FAA furloughs and sequestration is analyzed as a coordinated media script. Despite warnings of massive flight delays, the hosts argue that the delays were largely weather-related and that the Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013 was a bipartisan effort to resolve a manufactured crisis. MSNBC's Martin Bashir is criticized for his aggressive rhetoric toward Congress during the debate.