Top Newspapers Warn Debt Deal’s Spending Cuts Will ‘Weaken’ and ‘Undermine’ Economy

August 2nd, 2011 11:14 PM

Remarkable uniformity amongst some major national newspapers on Tuesday as they simultaneously worried about how the supposed spending “cuts” in the debt-ceiling deal will harm the economy.

As USA Today put it the top of the “cover story” for the “Money” section: “Spending cuts could further weaken economy.”

Echoing that theme, from the Washington Post’s front page: “Deal risks undermining fragile growth

On page 2 of the August 2 Wall Street Journal:Deal Seen as Mild Drag on Economy

And, from a Los Angeles Times front page plug for an interior article: “Deal offers little to boost economy”

Inside, that story carried this headline (at least online): “Debt ceiling deal casts a bleak light on the future

Online, USA Today changed the print edition’s “Spending cuts could further weaken economy,” to : “Spending cuts could face headwinds this year: a weak economy.”