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What ever happened to the liberal media?

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

David Sirota recently reported that an anti pension billionaire fronted the money for PBS to produce a series pushing his viewpoint as objective journalism. Now he's reporting that the McNeil-Lehrer NewsHour is actually owned (did you know someone could “own” a PBS show?) by the for profit right wing Liberty Media Company. Most Americans likely […]

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Everything is the opposite of what it is, isn’t it?

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Only the American media can turn good news into bad, and it comes as no surprise that in doing so they are carrying water for Republicans. The CBO says that as a result of the Affordable Care Act, some ordinary Americans will have the opportunity to work less and still have health insurance, to the […]

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A Postscript

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

A bit of a follow up to Sunday morning's post, in which I ranted about a Boston Globe article that referred to two extremes in Congress. Paul Krugman agrees. In practice, left-wing cranks have never played a significant role in US politics, while right-wing cranks always have. via Conscience of a Liberal I'd go a […]

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Nothing succeeds like failure

Friday, November 29, 2013

Who can ask for a better way to make a living than one in which repeated failure only improves your reputation? That's the world of Washington “experts” and pundits, today's example being one Michael O'Hanlon, who, in today's Times shares his expertise once again, explaining why the U.S. government should ignore Hamid Karzai's threats and […]

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Wishful thinking at the Times

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

For a variety of reasons blogging here will be sparse and sporadic for a while. Today I just want to point anyone who stops by here to Dean Baker's excellent post about a recent Times editorial endorsing the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, that is currently being negotiated in secret. All indications are that the result […]

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Nothing succeeds like failure

Sunday, October 27, 2013

My most humble apologies if I have used this title for a post in the past. But eternal verities tend to get repeated. The New York Times reports this morning that some people are claiming that a little more inflation would be a good thing for the economy. I'm on the side of “some people” […]

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More Good News

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Our local paper, The New London Day is really not a bad rag, but the editors there seem to be obsessed with placating a small but vocal number of local right wingers, who continually accuse it of bias, no matter how much it bends over backward to appease them. This recently led me to pen […]

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Two cheers for Dave Collins

Friday, October 4, 2013

For those of you who do not read the New London Day, Dave is a columnist who ordinarily makes a great deal of sense. A person near and dear to me thought he made a great deal of sense today, and urged me to point this out in my blog. I make a point of […]

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Today’s media just can’t stand programs that help people

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Anytime, anywhere. This morning I read this article in the Times about France’s “slow decline”, caused, of course, not by robber barons but by a generous welfare state. It seems the Times, like the Post, just can’t stand the thought of ordinary people not ending their lives in utter poverty. So when I read it, […]

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One teeny step

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Harry Reid scored a minor victory yesterday. Republicans caved and allowed a vote on some executive branch nominations, getting nothing in return, but the Senate remains incapacitated and Obama’s judicial nominations remain frozen. What else is new, right? Well, what’s new, apparently, is that this entire unprecedented situation is the fault of both parties, as […]

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