Blog Credo

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Monday, May 9, 2011

The Truth Is A Scary Thing

Brave, Brave Sir Robin, Fact Checker for the Washington Post.

Read this by Jonathan Chait.

Basically, the WaPo said that HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is a big, fat liar for saying mean things that are probably, undoubtably true about the Ryan plan to end Medicare as we know it.

Seriously, all the sadness and pathetic failings of political reportage on display in one handy example.

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