Hey, media: No more shutdown ‘distraction’ so you will be all over Obamacare debacle, right?

Posted at 2:08 pm on October 17, 2013 by Lori Ziganto

Okay, media. You said if there was no shutdown, you wouldd have focused on the disastrous Obamacare rollout. Now's your chance to prove it.
— Bill Hobbs (@billhobbs) October 17, 2013

That’s right. The oh-so-catastrophic shutdown (which many didn’t even notice) was the reason media lapdogs couldn’t ask questions about the disastrous Obamacare health insurance exchange websites launch. You know, the debacle known as 404care. Sorry, people! They had to cover the “distraction” instead. Well, now that a deal was struck to end the theatrics, what say you, media? You’ll get right on the O-care fiasco, right?

no more "distractions"! now reporters can direct all their attention to obamacare fiascos, right? http://t.co/f1Wskle9ua
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) October 17, 2013

Ok media…Ludicrous Speed…Go #Obamacare
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) October 17, 2013

Great news Media…Shutdown's over..You can get all over Obamacare enrollment numbers just like you all said you would….
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) October 17, 2013

Media's big question: with the shutdown over, does Obamacare get coverage we lamented we just couldn't do, or dig into Redskins controversy?
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) October 17, 2013

Our media friends are TOTALLY getting ON the implosion of Obamacare after a week of conventional-wisdom triumphalism.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) October 17, 2013

Not so fast!

What America needs this morning to heal is an Obama news conference. With zero questions about ObamaCare.
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) October 17, 2013

Sigh. Yep, President Stompy Foot spoke Thursday morning and became President Emo. He also put on his blame-y pants and pointed his ever-extended finger at pesky bloggers. Then he upped the jackassery with some football-spiking. He won, so shaddup.

Obamacare? Crickets!

No questions.
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) October 17, 2013

And it looks like none will be forthcoming any time soon.

Media today: We'd love to cover why Obamacare isn't working, but we really have to explain what Republicans got wrong during the shutdown.
— Will Antonin (@Will_Antonin) October 17, 2013

MSM: we'll get right on those Obamacare trainwreck stories after we tweet a few more cutesy Pandacam articles.
— Cuffé (@CuffyMeh) October 17, 2013

First batch of Obama speech MSM recaps making the rounds. Theme: I won.Bravo, champ.
— Cuffé (@CuffyMeh) October 17, 2013

"Obamacare? Whaaa?"*peers from haze of Chinese opium den, I mean, Shutdown Distraction™*
— Cuffé (@CuffyMeh) October 17, 2013

And heeeere we go. The shutdown will never end. How convenient for Obamacare. https://t.co/UH3B86Knvq
— Cuffé (@CuffyMeh) October 17, 2013

Sigh.

Cancer researchers, public health officials, Antarctica-bound field researchers all fear shutdown’s science fallout: http://t.co/MFzKCsa8RF
— POLITICO (@politico) October 17, 2013

Will it continue? All paws point to yes.

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