Is It Neutral Reporting to Just Present Anything Politicians Say as Reasonable?

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Friday, 03 June 2011 10:43

This is the practice at the WSJ when it comes to Republican nonsense on the economy. The Republicans blamed the economy's weak job performance in May on the deficit and regulations. Is there any coherent story that they can tell on this or does the WSJ not care?

Suppose the Republicans blamed the weak jobs numbers on the Chicago Bulls loss in the NBA semi-finals. Would this also just be repeated without comment. How about if they blamed it on the color purple? Sure, it's just a he said/she said world.

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If reporters did their jobs, politicians would actually have to make coherent arguments when they talked about the economy, instead of just saying whatever nonsense advanced their political agenda.

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