Article in FAIR 7/31/25 by Shirlynn Chan

Headline:  “Media Sidelined Deadly Consequences of Trump’s Reconciliation Bill”

“President Donald Trump on July 4 signed into law an omnibus reconciliation bill, branded in MAGA propaganda (and much of corporate media) as the ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’ . . .”

“FAIR’s Belén Fernandez (7/9/25) closely examined the dramatic lack of coverage of the vast expansion of the government’s anti-immigrant capacities. But the deadly consequences of the other aspects of the bill were also remarkably underexplained to the public.

“To see how major media explained the contents and consequences of the reconciliation bill to the public before its enactment, FAIR surveyed New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and NPR news coverage from the Senate’s passage of the final version of the bill on July 1 through July 4, day Trump signed the bill into law. . .”

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https://fair.org/home/media-sidelined-deadly-consequences-of-trumps-reconciliation-bill/