nuclear option GOP spin on NPR again

Today's All Things Considered contained a tortured attempt to appear as neutral reporters while kowtowing to GOP spin on "the nuclear option."  

David Welna did a report on Frist's 5-day waiting period "compromise" on judicial nominations in which he referred to the nuclear option as "a term coined by a republican but now exclusively used by Democrats."  

of course "the nuclear option" term was coined by a republican, used by many many republicans for a long time, abandoned by republicans due to an edict just a few days ago, and then lied about by republicans since then in an attempt to smear Democrats.  not quite the same as a term that someone in the GOP happened to use, but then got picked up and used "exclusively" by Democrats--and there's really no reason to bring up the language ownership angle/flap except as an attempt to throw a bone to the GOP

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•  I Hate NPR

  Exclusively.

  by easong on Thu Apr 28, 2005 at 07:46:47 PM PDT

•  Did Welna reveal himself as a Democrat?

  a term "...now exclusively used by Democrats..."

  But, Mr. Welna, you just used the term.

  by Elwood Dowd on Thu Apr 28, 2005 at 08:35:23 PM PDT

•  Attention framing freaks:

  In my local paper, Ron Chandler introduced the phrasing "solar option". Maybe we could dub their version solar eclipse option. I believe this follows the fundamental rule that we should say what we are for in a positive light, not what we are against.

  by white blitz on Thu Apr 28, 2005 at 09:21:29 PM PDT