The Hill: 'Washington Is Ready to Spend'; Doesn't Mention How Much

Tom Blumer
May 30th, 2015 9:32 PM
Facts are such inconvenient things. Especially financial facts and figures. On Tuesday, Rebecca Shabad at the Hill composed a 34-paragraph report entitled "Washington is ready to spend." Really? When have Congress or the White House not been ready to spend? Oh, I get it. She really means that they're getting ready to spend more. How much more? Readers will search in vain for anything beyond a…
 

Harry Reid Once Again Runs Afoul of Campaign Finance Rules; Will Media

Ken Shepherd
March 27th, 2014 5:19 PM
Imagine it's March 2006, some eight months before the midterm elections in an unpopular President Bush's second term, and the Senate Majority Leader, Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) has this nasty habit of running afoul of the Federal Election Commission over pricey gifts for campaign donors. The media would most certainly have a field day with the revelations. But alas, it's March 2014 and it's Sen.…