Budget
10/20/2010 7:52 PM ET
Despite Obama's tax hikes and campaign against 'tax cuts' for the wealthy, broadcast evening news shows portray president as taxcutters' champion.
10/18/2010 2:33 PM ET
To Associated Press writer Jim Abrams, this session of Congress has been "most productive in nearly half a century," but voters are failing to give due credit to the Democratic majorities. Abrams ...
9/29/2010 11:11 AM ET
The paper's main economics writer (and tax-hike supporter) finds Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan "credible" and credits him for offering specifics. By contrast, Times economics columnist/partisan ...
9/24/2010 3:00 PM ET
Covering the GOP's "Pledge to America" Thursday night, CBS's Nancy Cordes cast it as pro-Tea Party, "littered with references to the Constitution and promises to reduce the federal debt." But ...
9/20/2010 3:33 PM ET
A majority of economists support extending the Bush tax cuts for all income groups, a CNN/Money survey found. But on Monday's American Morning, co-anchor John Roberts rued the conundrum of needing ...
9/18/2010 5:09 PM ET
Newsweek veteran Evan Thomas issued a ringing call ' in defense of federal spending ' for why he hopes Congress and President Obama cannot agree on extending any of the Bush tax cuts, so income ...
8/29/2010 1:52 PM ET
Republicans are "exotic" and "extreme," and against science too, CBS's Bob Schieffer contended on Sunday's Face the Nation. "You have also taken some fairly controversial, some would say very ...
8/10/2010 12:15 PM ET
Krugman has an announcement for his credulous Times readers: Constantly (and embarrassingly) calling a serious conservative politician a "flimflam" man is not an ad hominem attack; accurately ...
8/6/2010 2:29 PM ET
The economist turned left-wing talking points parrot shows his way with an incisive insult by mocking conservative Republican budget-whiz Rep. Paul Ryan as a "flimflam man" whose work is "drenched ...
7/21/2010 5:08 PM ET
Journalists criticize GOP for obstructing 'relief' bill, despite pay-as-you-go promises from Dems.
