AP Story: Nonbinding Senate Resolution Is 'Budget
March 27th, 2007 6:06 AM
Thanks to "clever" writing by Andrew Taylor of the Associated Press in a Saturday story, it took a while to get to the most important point about the "budget" that the US Senate supposedly "passed." This writer's antennae went up on comparing the headline to Taylor's two opening paragraphs:Senate Passes Democrats' budget aimed at balance, keeping tax cutsSaturday, March 24, 2007Washington -- The…
Lauer: Iraq Funding Cut Would Be 'Disaster
March 23rd, 2007 8:37 AM
Matt Lauer said the right thing. Was it for the wrong reason?Discussing on this morning's "Today" with Tim Russert the current wrangling between the Bush administration and the Dem congress over a bill to fund the Iraq war and the Dems' attempt to include a "date certain" for troop withdrawal, Matt Lauer said:"Robert Gates, the Defense Secretary, has said that sometime next month that the…
Deficit Headline Writing, a Quick MSM How-to
March 12th, 2007 4:26 PM
Here are the facts: The federal deficit is "down sharply"... WASHINGTON - The deficit for the first five months of the budget year is down sharply from a year ago as the growth in government tax collections continues to outpace growth in spending....and "down sharply" means more than 25 percent over last year. The Treasury Department reported that the deficit from October through February…
LA Times Gives Readers One-Sided Budget Story, Leaves Out Source's Par
February 6th, 2007 12:46 AM
It's budget time again, kids. And you know what that means. News stories that hype liberal talking points about President Bush being stingy with our tax dollars.Were that the case, many fiscal conservatives might say, but you won't find any attention paid them in Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar's February 5 article. The Times staff writer cited complaints from Democratic Rep. Pete Stark (D), and of…
