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Anonymous Source Used to Advance Anti-Tea Party Agenda in Manufactured Reports

Just make it up. That appears to be mindset at work in a front page story and subsequent business section report that takes aim at Tea Party activists who helped to shift public sentiment against President Obama's agenda and the Democratic Party. An anonymous source is used to advance the idea that Tea Party is synonymous with extremism... Somehow average Americans who pine for constitutional limited government and the ideals of the founding period are considered extreme and unhinged. Meanwhi...

NYT Seeks to Discredit Rep. Boehner’s Business Alliances as White House Gets a Free Pass on Lobbying Ties, Union Support

Although the Obama White House is filled to the rim with former lobbyists, Rep. John Boehner's alliances and connections with pro-business groups are somehow illegitimate and unseemly. With the mid-term elections just a few weeks away, the idea here is to take down and discredit an effective, well-liked minority leader who is well positioned to become the next House Speaker. Private strategy sessions organized in concert with free market activists and lobbyists who are united in their opposit...

Krugman Views Tax Cuts as an “Expensive Proposition” But not “Stimulus” Legislation

American taxpayers are feeling a little nostalgic about former President Bush and his tax cuts. There's no question that they were just what the doctor ordered after the 9/11 terror attacks. But NYT columnist Paul Krugman is opposed to extending the cuts because he sees them as a giveaway to rich. The alternative approach he suggests is quite costly in its own right... Whatever voters may think of former President George W. Bush these days, they think very highly of their disposable income,...

Krugman’s Attack on Paul Ryan’s “Roadmap” Perpetuates Entitlement Myths

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has offered  a comprehensive, highly detailed plan for financial and economic renewal that has inspired small government activists across the country. It has also earned positive media coverage from left leaning sources that are normally hostile toward free market concepts. But the New York Times is not part of this mix. Columnist Paul Krugman claims Ryan's plan is an unrealistic giveaway to the rich. Meanwhile, entitlement spending is sustainable and responsible? Colu...

Nevada Senate Candidate Sharron Angle Targeted in Front Page Hit Piece Set Up to Boost Harry Reid

Despite an avalanche of negative press coverage, Nevada U.S  Senate Candidate Sharron Angle remains very competitive in her race against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. For this reason, she needs to be taken down and discredited along with Tea Party activists who are changing American politics... After taking direction from left wing editors opposed to constitutional limited government and Tea Party activism, New York Times reporter Adam Nagourney glared in disgust at the video image, befo...