Comments for Dana Milbank, Budget Heroes and Real Heroes at http://www.cepr.net , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.cepr.net Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:17:16 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/dana-milbank-budget-heros-and-real-heros#comment-19049 What are "political pundits"? They seem to be be people who can make themselves heard when issues are discussed. In general, they have access to a mountaintop owned by an interest group (a big news station, a big newspaper, a big talkshow). But that seems to make them inclined to serve the interest of said interest group. How does this apply to Paul Krugman? Non-hero, in my opinion. He's a problem because more and more he seems to serve the interests of those who own his mountaintop, for whom medicine is a tool for allocating wealth. More and more he gets his health care backup from second-raters, with the similar biasses to his own. There was a time, for example, when he would admit that doctors are overpaid! But that was before he arrived at the NYT! But then there's Uwe Reinhardt, immensely knowledgeable on the matter of health care, and very patiently, for decades now, he's been trying to educate people in the basics of what's been going on. This, despite his arrival at the NTY Now I can't say he's heroic. But he highly admirable. (And it goes almost without saying, Dean is admirable too.) - Rachel Sat, 22 Sep 2012 04:03:48 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/dana-milbank-budget-heros-and-real-heros#comment-19026 well some of us have figured out where the peanut is under the shell. if the peanut is good news for working people & the poor & a better healthcare system, there isn't any peanut under any of the shells. one thing you can count on, deception from the media. - mel in oregon Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:39:04 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/dana-milbank-budget-heros-and-real-heros#comment-19002 There's also a great new video game just out called Journalist Hero designed especially for bean counter MSM journalists like Milbank. It works like prisoners dilemma. When two journalists are caught in the same lie, if one confesses that the other started the lie with false information, the confessor becomes a hero and the other is fired as a liar. If both confess both are fired. If neither confess then both keep their jobs. So far no MSM journalist has become a hero in this game and confessed on another, in deference to maintaining a uniform front of solidarity among MSM journalists based in lies, not to mention how shy and humble they all are at showing off as heroes at bean counting. - Last Mover Thu, 20 Sep 2012 02:14:27 +0100