I, like many other bloggers interested in economics, offer you Jon Stewart taking apart Jim Cramer on the Daily Show. It’s incredible journalism. In some ways, Jim Cramer gets unfairly blamed for all financial journalism on TV. But that’s okay. He’ll be glum all the way to the bank. And he agreed to come on. […]
As I’ve mentioned at times before, there are really two reasons I decided to leave the safe harbor of “objective”, mainstream journalism and begin to actively explore and support the progressive movement. One, I was horrified at the direction the conservative movement took the nation under the Bush administration. I felt I had to stand […]
I probably should have written this post awhile ago, but it might still be useful in the general election. The coverage I’ve seen so far in the presidential race has been exactly backward. This first struck me the other day during the Democratic debate in California. From scanning the CNN transcript, the topics covered were […]
Check out this report today from the Center for Public Integrity. It’s a systematic cataloging of the “false statements” made by Bush administration officials in the run up to the Iraq War. You can find lots of media coverage out there today on the study. I haven’t had a chance to read the entire report, […]
Bill Poorman 