Nicole Foy on Immigration and Labor
News media start with the premise of immigration itself as a “crisis,” with the only debate around how to “stem” or “control” it.
Outrage at ProPublica Tax Leaks Underscores Their Importance
The political and media class are fuming at ProPublica and whomever leaked billionaire’s tax information.
ProPublica’s False Balance on Economic Myths
ProPublica‘s factcheck of seven economic myths facing the country makes some good points: Taxes aren’t going up, for instance. Some of the “myths” are a bit muddled: “The stimulus has been full of/free of fraud, waste and abuse.” Is someone really saying the latter? But overall the piece tries vainly to balance myths that will […]
NYT Has No Space to Tell You It’s an Oil Industry Group Saying That Spills Aren’t So Bad
The formula for “contrarian” journalism was aptly summed up by Wonkette (1/6/09): Take a widely accepted belief (e.g., “Dogs make good pets”) and write a cool 600 words arguing why its opposite is SECRETLY truer (“Why all dogs should die”). Of course, it helps if the upside-down world you’re proposing turns out to be one […]
