Eric Boehlert says ...

8 Words of Wisdom for Week Ending 3/13/2009 #4

In an effort to tag the current economic crisis on the new president, more and more business news outlets are pretending there was no unfolding financial crisis before Obama's Inauguration Day, and that the Dow for some unexplainable reason has suddenly gone south with his arrival in the White House. Mouthing the anti-Democratic complaints from the Street, the business press pretends our economic woes started January 21.

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In the wake of the unfolding economic collapse, lots of people have pointed the finger at the business press, suggesting for years they failed the see the current troubles forming; that they played dumb. Well, it turns out some portions of the business press aren't done playing dumb.

- Source: County Fair

I've always been amazed at the Republican lies that somehow end up as accepted truth. My personal favorite is the concept of the "liberal press" ... you know ... the accusation that the traditional media carries a liberal bias. It simply isn't true of course. They have no evidence to back up the position. Here's a little lesson about conservatism though: they know how to sell a talking point. Many people (on the left even!) just assume that all the talk about the liberal media is somehow true. For anyone who buys this crap, I strongly recommend the work of Eric Boehlert at County Fair and Eric Alterman at Altercation.