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thinkprogress.org - 1/9/2009

Obama: ‘If Paul Krugman has a good idea…then we’re going to do it.’

— thinkprogress.org — Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman has been a frequent critic of President-elect Obama. During the primary season, he faulted Obama for saying there is a Social Security “ crisis ,” refusing to adopt a mandate in his health care ... (more) Obama: ‘If Paul Krugman has a good idea…then we’re going ...

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mediamatters.org - 1/8/2009

Asserting FDR "waged ... a jihad against private enterprise," Hume falsely claimed "everybody ...

— mediamatters.org — Fox News Washington managing editor Brit Hume joined the ranks of conservative media figures attacking President Franklin D. Roosevelt's response to the Great Depression as a failure that worsened the economic crisis of the 1930s, asserting on the ... (more) Asserting FDR "waged ... a jihad against private ...

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realclearpolitics.com - 1/12/2009

Interview with Bush 41 and Bush 43

— realclearpolitics.com — BRIT HUME, GUEST HOST: I'm Brit Hume in for Chris Wallace, and this is "Fox News Sunday." The presidency of George W. Bush -- in an exclusive interview, we'll discuss key decisions that defined his time in the White House, including fighting the ... (more) Interview with Bush 41 and Bush 43

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The Sideshow — Jamison Foser on the current push to claim that "everyone agrees" that the New Deal failed: "The reason for the conservative media's assault on FDR is clear: With a new president facing economic crisis, conservatives want to prevent him from stimulating the economy via government spending on things like unemployment benefits and infrastructure. Such spending would not only help people who need it most, it would also do more to stimulate the economy than would the tax cuts Republicans prefer. [...] In other words, conservatives don't want to return to Franklin ...

NYT Joins In Debunking Wingnuttia's Anti-FDR Nonsense
Open Left - Front Page — ... Unfortunately, as Media Matters reports this week, Wingnuttia shows no intention of stopping its historical revisionism. So get ready to continue hearing a lot about FDR as the debate over the economic recovery package intensifies. ...

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The Poor Man Institute — ... , and I can’t even be bothered to keep track on my Nü Media internet web-log.  The Republicans are politically and ideologically vanquished, in disorderly retreat, and at present are trying to unite around a positive and forward-looking agenda of impeaching Earl Warren.  I give it 6 months before they break out the giant papier-mâché protest puppets.  Good times, man, good times.  I will never vote for a white President again. ...

Did Steve Doocy Lie Or Just Misspeak When He Introduced “Fair and Balanced Debate Look” About Textbook?
News Hounds — ... and here). While it’s the professor’s right to formulate a view about history, it’s also the responsibility of Fox, in a “fair and balanced” format, to provide some refutation – but you didn’t see that on this segment which was billed as “fair and balanced.” And while Fox brays about the right wing partisanship of liberal academia, there would never be conservative partisanship on the part of the Fox News guests, would there? The answer to that is a resounding yes! The tedious Professor Larry Schweikart was a Christian conservative to the core. (BTW, on his last appearance on ...