On Wednesday, Newsbusters posted an article about the media coverage of the government shutdown. The coverage is pretty much what you would expect,

The article reports:

For the past month the big three broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) have hammered both Congressional Republicans and President Trump with a wall of negative shutdown coverage, while largely shielding Democrats from blame for the now-historic gridlock.

MRC analysts examined every evening newscast on ABC, CBS, and NBC between October 1 and October 31, 2025. Across the 67 reports and news briefs which discussed the government shutdown, 87 percent of the coverage favored Democrats. Analysts found 83 evaluative statements in which anchors or reporters were critical of Republicans, but just twelve criticizing Democrats.

Summary of Findings

• • Broadcast shutdown coverage heavily favored Democrats over Republicans (87% to 13%).
  • Only 12 reports (less than one fifth) even mentioned that Senate Democrats had refused to vote for a clean continuing resolution.
  • Not a single report mentioned that Democrats voted back in March to end the same Obamacare subsidies which they’re now demanding.

The article notes:

Broadcast reporters also frequently laundered common Democrat talking points as their own objective reporting. For example, we found twelve instances in which House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) refusal to call the House back into session was framed as a major cause of the shutdown — a frequent argument by Congressional Democrats.

Republicans received no such friendly treatment. Not a single journalist on any of the three networks voiced the popular Republican talking point that Senate Democrats earlier this year had voted in favor of a continuing resolution which contained the same cuts to healthcare subsidies for which they were now keeping the government closed.

The article concludes:

Back during the 2013 government shutdown, when Democrats controlled both the White House and the Senate, the broadcast networks aired 41 reports blaming Republicans. Just 17 stories blamed both sides, and there was not a single instance in which any broadcast journalist specifically blamed Democrats.

But in 2025, with Republicans in control of both chambers and the White House, there were only ten reports that blamed Democrats exclusively. That’s less than one-third of the blame they heaped on Republicans back in 2013. Wilder still, analysts found four instances in which journalists blamed Republicans for the current shutdown.

Some of the things that should be mentioned in the news reports (but are not) are that the Obamacare subsidies go to the insurance companies. There is no guarantee of any savings being passed on to the consumer. It should also be mentioned that in many cases the money the Democrats want will go to providing medical care to people who are not citizens rather than to Americans.

At this point I am beginning to believe that the shutdown is simply a method to stop President Trump’s economic policies from succeeding. If his policies succeed, it will be a nail in the coffin of the Washington establishment. If President Trump is a successful President, it is quite possible that our next President will be another  Republican who is also not part of the deep state. Preventing that from happening is probably the root cause of the continuing shutdown.