This is journalism that reports on bad journalism, and is thus a bit of an inverse for this category of "bad journalism" on news trust. The allegations here across a spectrum of news sources shows an uncritical adoption of a partisan categorization of reconciliation.

This research piece from Media Matters inaccurately implies that the news media are adopting Republican talking points when referring to the reconciliation plan discussed by Democrats. That seems like a bit of a stretch to me. The fact that the word 'ramming' is used by both GOP representatives and many news outlets doesn't mean that the media are adopiting the Republican party line. It only means that they are both using the English language, and that 'ramming' is a reasonably descriptive word to describe this last-resort political tactic. The rest of the article provides an interesting roundup of quotes and observations, but it is presented from a partisan perspective, which makes it less valuable to me than a more impartial ... More »