Media Spinning the Looming Federal Government Shutdown

The mainstream media's horror stories about the (supposedly) dire impact of a federal government shutdown raise a notable and ironic parallel.

As newspapers and major media laid off thousands of newsroom employees over the past decade, readers were unfailingly assured that the "quality of journalism" would not suffer.

Could the furloughing of non-essential government bureaucrats be any worse?

Bottom line: If the media moguls' assurances were right then, their doomsday warnings seem overblown now.

For a dispassionate report of the facts, check out this AP story: No shutdown during a government shutdown.