Over the weekend, NBC’s
Sunday Today show went into full propaganda mode for the Biden White House as the network rushed to hail the newly passed COVID relief bill as a windfall for Americans that would “expedite the end” of the pandemic and “lift millions of American children out of poverty.”
“This week, President Biden signed into law nearly $2 trillion worth of stimulus designed to expedite the end of this year-long crisis and the first direct payments for Americans in desperate need of help already are hitting bank accounts this morning,” host Willie Geist gushed at the top of the broadcast, eager to sell the top Biden agenda item. He highlighted how
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