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mediamatters.org - 2/6/2009
Wash. Post asserted CBO "report" analyzed "the majority of money" in Dems' stimulus plan, but CBO document posted by Huffington Post indicates otherwise
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In a January 26 article , The Washington Post asserted regarding President Obama's stimulus plan: "[A] report from the Congressional Budget Office [CBO] ... said the majority of money in the Democratic plan would not get spent within the first year and a half." That assertion is false, ...
Washington Post Notes Damage Done By Senate “Centrists” Only When It’s Too Late
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 2/13/2009
Washington Post Notes Damage Done By Senate “Centrists” Only When It’s Too Late
— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — The Washington Post has a decent article by Lori Montgomery making the point that the changes Senate... “centrists” made to economic recovery legislation will make the package much more ineffective , costing hundreds of thousands of ... (more) Washington Post Notes Damage Done By Senate “Centrists” ...

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washingtonmonthly.com - 2/1/2009
Shlaes strikes again
— washingtonmonthly.com — SHLAES STRIKES AGAIN.... Over the summer, the Washington Post ran a piece from conservative writer Amity Shlaes,... explaining that the national economy was fine, there was no recession, and that Phil Gramm was right to call us a "nation of... (more) Shlaes strikes again

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org2.democracyinaction.org - 2/4/2009
The Huffington Post
— org2.democracyinaction.org — Sign up to become a HuffPoster The Huffington Post regularly works with our readers and committed contributors... to break new stories and research current events. To help us in the future please sign up below. We'll send you assignments ad ... (more) The Huffington Post

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Whiskey Fire:  The Bend I've Gone Around

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The Bend I've Gone Around
Whiskey Fire — ... So now we're at the part where the WaPo e-board doesn't understand the words it prints on its own opinion page even when it's quoting them. How does "short-term spending" and "long-term economic growth" morph into "long-term spending?" I'll go out on a limb and say said morphing occurs when Barack Obama's words are magically filtered through wrong and shitty WaPo reporting on an imaginary CBO report which in someone's imagination said that stimulus money won't stimulate the economy for a long time. ...

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