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ArchieStone1 (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 07:50 PM Original message |
Read this and learn how it's done, guys: Media Matters rips Newsweek, praises Krugman's work |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. And they are right. |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
53. the Corporate Media blows whichever wind the Ad $$$ tell them to blow |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. Media Matter is right, but this statement |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
51. This sells papers... |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well done, media matters! |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. It is actually exactly as many of us have said..... |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Does Krugman know he's being used? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. The article in Newsweek is not so much about what he is right or not about.... |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Perhaps he's just an egomaniac and doen't care whether he's getting used. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Perhaps he understands |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. His criticisms are relevant. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Why does it matter? |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. If you don't think it matters, why are you posting here? n/t |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Que? |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
47. Being used can be a two way street.. |
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Kdillard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. Mediamatters doesn't say anything people here have not said |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I guess he was undermining Bush, too? Eh? n/t |
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Kdillard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Of course he wasn't but I didn't see him getting on the cover of |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Because he sees us on the precipice |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. But he may not be the only one with answers.... |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Given that, for the past 9-10 years that I've been reading his work |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Most aren't guaranteeing anything....... |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. And so it goes... |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. Krugman isn't part of the administration. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:03 AM Response to Reply #23 |
49. It's not implied that he's the *only* one with answers... |
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ArchieStone1 (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. an "obvious attempt at undermining a Dem President" |
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Kdillard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Yes given the evidence that Krugman was a vocal critic of the Bush administration and did |
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ArchieStone1 (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
48. The problem with your theory is that Krugman didn't tell Newsweek to put his face in the cover |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:32 AM Response to Reply #22 |
52. There's nothing deep about selling copy... |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. I wonder if he realizes why he's so special to the MSM now? |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Of course he knows why |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. He shouldn't at all. He should state what he believes, if that is |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. When Krugman won the Nobel Prize |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. Krugman quote from a few years back...... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. Krugman hadn't won the Nobel Prize and we weren't in the middle of a meltdown |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. The meltdown happened in September..... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. The economy is still melting down both here and abroad |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. He just didn't have his foot up Bush's ass as much at that time..... |
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ArchieStone1 (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Being in the middle of a meltdown is a good reason why he should criticize bad policies |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
18. That's a good point |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
24. The interesting thing about the Newsweek issue is that |
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ArchieStone1 (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. You said nothing that Media Matters didn't say |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. That completely misses the point n/t |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Perhaps you could use more words to clarify. n/t |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. OK, there is a huge difference between |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Because your quote doesn't say so... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. "Could it be..." No, because that's just making up an implication that isn't there |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Why do you think the establishment might be worried |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. You're talking in circles. The statement is clear. n/t |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:05 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. No I am not... |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. Good point; where were the "BUSH IS WRONG" Newsweek covers? |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. And so is DU |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
50. Media Matters is right. |
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