Asserting that Dems "like their earmarks," CNN's King, Bash ignored own reporting on GOP-sponsored earmarks
On the March 1 edition of CNN's State of the Union, host John King asserted that "Republicans are saying hypocrisy" because President Obama "said he doesn't like earmarks," but intends to sign the omnibus appropriations bill "even though it has 8,000 or 9,000 of those earmarks." Moments later, senior congressional correspondent Dana Bash remarked that the Obama administration has "got a big problem on their hands because if they -- if the president really thinks he's gonna stand up and say, 'No earmarks,' the Senate majority leader and other Democrats said, 'Uh-uh. That's the way we do business, and that's the way it's gonna stay.' " King replied, "They like their earmarks." However, although Bash and King have both previously noted that Republicans requested many of the earmarks in the bill, neither gave any indication during the discussion that Republicans sponsored many of the earmarks, as Media Matters for America has noted. Indeed, King noted the Republican sponsorship of earmarks in the bill earlier in the program when he told Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), "[M]any of your leaders, the Republican side in Congress, have loaded their share of earmarks in this, too."
Bash has also previously noted that Republicans have sponsored earmarks in the bill. During the February 23 edition of The Situation Room, Bash reported that the legislation "has an increase in spending and also a hefty amount of earmarks, pet projects, from Democrats and Republicans." On February 24, Bash stated that "it's important to emphasize, it is D
