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CJR guide to Social Security spin
Thomas Lang of CJR Daily has posted a nice guide to Social Security buzzwords and spin for the State of the Union tonight. Reporters may never figure out how to cover this issue properly, but hope springs eternal. In any case, it’s well worth a read.
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MoveOn misleading again
MoveOn.org, which frequently engages in misleading tactics, is up to old tricks. First, today’s New York Times features a print ad from the group that claims “George Bush said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and a ‘mushroom cloud’ was imminent.” Bush did use the phrase “mushroom cloud” to try to scare the public,
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News I can use
I just got a “breaking news” email from ABCNews.com — here it is in its entirety: PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL SEES HIS SHADOW, INDICATING SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER Where would we be without the Internet?
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George Allen and the noose
It looks like George Allen is
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Social Security phase-in gimmicks
The emerging cliche that the White House is running Social Security from the same playbook as tax cuts and the war in Iraq is proven right once again. Today’s Washington Post suggests that the administration is looking at proposing a phase-in of its private accounts plan. This would do little to reduce the overall transition
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Krugman on the returns/growth contradiction
I haven’t seen a convincing answer to this claim, which Krugman
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The Bush/Wall Street/Social Security conspiracy unravels
For months (years?), Democrats have claimed that the effort to add private accounts to Social Security is an elaborate scheme to enrich Wall Street donors. A perfect example is DNC chair Terry McAuliffe’s recent statement referring to private accounts as the Republican “plan to cut benefits and funnel Social Security money to their Wall Street
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AP takes a stand on Social Security and race
Good for the Associated Press — rather than writing another “he said”/”she said” article that fails to educate readers, national writer Matt Crenson has published a story that takes a clear stand on the facts. Contrary to President Bush’s claims, Crenson finds, Social Security experts believe that the program is not a bad deal for
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The Gonzales/RFK contradiction
Democrats who oppose Alberto Gonzales’ nomination to be Attorney General are frequently citing the talking point that he’s not independent enough, as in this McClatchy Newspapers story: “By refusing to voice his own values and understanding of the law, he has failed to demonstrate the independent leadership he will need as the nation’s chief law