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The MSM Buy Hook, Line and Sinker

by Hal_10000

You know it’s bad out there when the first line of CNN’s story about the governors’ meeting with Obama is categorical bullshit:

Plagued by rising unemployment, falling tax revenue and increased demand for state services, the nation’s governors met with President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday to press for federal money to ease their fiscal strain.

Reason has argued that this standard line is nonsense.  States like Texas, Florida, South Carolina and Washington are in much better fiscal positions because they control spending.  I understand that the governors are not exactly going to come out and say, “Hey! We’ve been reckless!”.  But you might expect some, just a smidgen, a tiny miniscule dose of objectivity from our so-called professional media when the stakes are so high:

The governors want about $136 billion to use for what they call “ready-to-go projects,” like water and sewer projects or building roads and bridges. They want another $40 billion to go toward Medicaid programs.

I don’t think our politicians understand that the mood on bailouts is getting ugly.  And part of the reason is that they’re insulated from the public by a media that smiles and nods and mindlessly repeats whatever they say.  At some point, I think we’re going to be needing some torches and pitchforks to cut through the wall of lies and distortions.  The media certainly isn’t going to do it for us.

Comments

Posted by on 12/02/08 at 04:09 PM from

Washington state doesn’t exactly control spending so much raise taxes endlessly to cover all the various social programs it loves....

Posted by Miguelito on 12/02/08 at 05:51 PM from

SO.. ditto for us in CA.

Posted by Miguelito on 12/02/08 at 05:51 PM from

But you might expect some, just a smidgen, a tiny miniscule dose of objectivity from our so-called professional media when the stakes are so high:

Unless you’ve been paying attention at all for the last several years.

Posted by Hal_10000 on 12/02/08 at 06:02 PM from

Washington is in a much better position financially because of the way they budget.  They rank programs and then fund their way down the list until they run out of money.  That’s better than running up huge deficits.

Posted by on 12/02/08 at 06:39 PM from

Gregoire has promised gobs of budget cuts.  If she hold true to form she’ll cut where she shouldn’t and not touch what should never have gotten a nickle…

Posted by on 12/02/08 at 11:08 PM from

How’s Alaska Hal? Is Alaska doing OK? Does Alaska need a bail out Hal?

Posted by Hal_10000 on 12/03/08 at 09:39 AM from

How’s Alaska Hal? Is Alaska doing OK? Does Alaska need a bail out Hal?

Who knows?  With oil revenue plunging, they might have some issues in the future.

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