Pretty easy to compare facts to hype, makes for easy journalism. I wish all writing was this easy to assay.

All facts and no opinion, it may not true journalism but the way it should be!

A few more citations would make this perfect.

Although I feel that this opinion piece is right on the money, the author stops short and fails to tie the facts into the story. This piece would be a great lead in where all the facts are laid out and tied into one neat ball.

This is one of the best written articles on this subject I have seen. This material can be difficult to express but the author managed to produce an extremely informative article in a short amount of space that is easy to grasp. The facts are in the article but not tied up in the usual mathematics that turn most people off. This should be required reading in all civics classes (if they still exist).

The authors failed to take into account why there is a short fall and borrowing to cover expenses at SS. By doing so they have grossly misled the reader into thinking that SS is NOT self funded. If the politicians would stop treating SS like a slush fund to give welfare to corporations, the fund would be completely solvent forever.

I am pleased to see that an MSM bastion like the NYT picked this up and ran with it. Generally, where FOX is concerned, the big boys usually sit on the side lines. The author used many sources and quotes without having to resort to "un-named sources".

The author writes in a way that makes the dull facts of wealth inequality easy to understand and interesting. The author uses many cited facts and gives links to obtain more in-depth information. This is a very well written article intended for a wide range of readers.

Very in depth article on the derivatives market. The writer makes it easy to see how the market is modeled to create profits. Unfortunately, it also shows how something with no value (a derivative contract) is placed between buyers and sellers to siphon off money from both parties. We as the final consumers pay the price in increased costs. It also shows how the wealthy with their control of the government protect their privileged positions by taking all the profits but passing the risks and their bailouts onto the working class.

This is not journalism, it's propaganda. It is all opinion with no effort made to cite sources or credit quotes. In addition there is no supporting evidence for any of the writer's assertions.

Talk about pulling a switch. Everything the writer expounds is directly related to Republicans, not Democrats. A simple search shows that it was George H Bush's grand dad that supported the Russian revolution (that eventually left Stalin in charge), and his Senator father that was censored for selling to the Nazis during war time. I can't find a single statement in the writers rant that is actually backed by fact, he has taken a fact, scribbled out republican and inserted democrat. The pigs at the trough have always been Republicans, its money and power over equality and justice. Democrats have always been the ones for social change (Lincolns GOP being the exception). Claiming that CEOs are Democrats is easily debunked, ... More »

Insurance company and republican talking points regurgitated, except the edges have been knocked down a tad. Take the middleman (insurance companies) out of the equation and health care costs go down, the math is simple.

A perfect example of bad reporting: no real facts are used, only faux "facts" being shopped around by the far right (that have been disproved countless times), and no experts are cited. In addition, only conjecture is used to support the future outcome.

A prime example of bad journalism, the author conveniently leaves out the "who" part of the story in order to make his point. The author also conjectures on why the money was refused instead of supplying the official Whitehouse reason. In addition, the author contrives a scenario that doesn't even exist. This isn't news, it's fiction.

Some quality aspects lacking (maybe interview the PBS heads and film editors) but subject event is extremely important.

All the pieces of good journalism are here (who, what, when, where, why). It's easy to read, comprehend, and incorporate into an individuals understanding of the economy. Journalism schools and their students (and by extension, the public at large) would be well served by studying and dissecting this report.

This story is very lacking in facts. I'm surprised the author actually put in the piece about that CTL fuel produces twice the Co2 as standard gasoline. The author fails to mention what specific energy is in the CTL (hint, it's less than gasoline) or that at 350 megawatts to produce 80,000 gallons of fuel is a net loss in energy. Overall, the story is poorly researched and reported.

A reasonable story but with a few flaws, as would be expected from a right leaning corporate friendly publication. The writer states that the current (8.1%) unemployment rate is nowhere near the depression's 25% rate. Unfortunately, the writer does not or did not look into the way the rate was and is now calculated. If you calculate the rate the way it was done during the depression, then the current rate is about 20% not 8.1%. In addition, there is very little effort in the stimulus to keep workers in jobs that will be going away, most job money is for shovel ready projects and the retraining for the greener jobs of the future. And finally, there is a lot of emphasis put on how the policies of the FDR administration (that ... More »

Jon cites numerous sources, shows indisputable video facts, and backs it up with an on camera interview with an expert who has been wading through this stuff for decades. The facts and there results are presented in a manner that anyone can understand.

Fairly imformative a nd somewaht well sourced. Needs more input showing what happens if you allow the law to be applied haphazardly to different segments of the popuation.

As usual, Mr. Palast delivers a hard hitting expose' that is full of facts. He delivers the information in an easy to understand and digestable article.

The author made no effort to gather or cite any facts. This article is pure fiction based on the authors personal desires for the election. I again plead that only articles written by qualified individuals using unrefutable facts and cites be reviewed by this board. There is no sense wasting our time on this kind of tripe.

I am troubled that some of the quotes from Powell's book are taken out of context but overall the report is illuminating. At the same time, I feel that Powell is trying to make up for being a "good soldier" for the Bush administration for the last 8 years. I do recall that he was the lone dessenting voice in the run up to war within the administration and had to be strong armed into playing along. I do agree with him whole heartedly about Brokaw, that man has been a sheep the whole time he has been in front of the public.

Unfortunately, the author allows his father's lack of ability to correctly use the tax code to color his opinon. He uses a style that is condescending and picks only anecdotes that support his point of view instead of using facts that would force him to confront a different conclusion.

No background is given as to why nobody on the secret service or at the Times Leader is reviewing the CNN tape of the incident. I have no idea why they are relying on partisan speech attenders to corroborate the story.

A well written review that gets right to the point and explains the situation in easy to understand terms. As we have seen in the past few weeks, unfettered, unregulated, free markets lead to free falling economies. I never could understand why there should be a derivatives market, bets on bets with no underlying value just seemed ludicrous to me. I would suggest that Brooksley was chastised not because Greenspan, Rubin, and Summers thought she was wrong, but that they knew that only the poor and middle class would be effected by the dreivatives market so they didn't care.

The author shows a clear use of picking only the facts (some are not facts, but assertions) that support his argument. Trickle down economics and reduced regulation do not work, as proved by the last 8 years. Suggesting that only those at the top should benefit from the bailout, as they create the jobs, is laughable at best. In addition, asking to increase immgration because they need the additional workers is an outright lie. The only reason to increase immigration is to further depress wages. The author also claims, using last quarters data, that the economy is strong and not in a recession. Unfortunately, the treasury has officially labled the US economy as already in a recession and headed for worse. As an ... More »

I had heard that the brigade had been stationed in the states but did notunderstand why, considering the need for troops in Afganistan. Miss Wolf managed to link it together quite nicely. I would have preferred more input from other officers and additional confirmation of the threats that Congress recieved. However, I like the way the author layed it out interms that will be easy to grasp by any reasonably inteligent person.

The author took the time to dig through the bill to find this data.

Another example of propaganda masquerading as journalism. Not worth reading past the headline. Please submit real stories in the future.

Claiming that online small denomination contributions are secret foreign investment in Obama is just an outright lie and manipulation of the truth. If we are going to review articles, articles should be selected on merit and not how far right or left they lean in order preach to the choir for each side. An article this far skewed should never have seen the light of day, much less reviewed for its content. In this vein I propose that we start eliminating some publishers from submission, such as Newsmax, Captains Quarters, and PETA.

A nice lttle well sourced report that shows the big picture. As I read the article, I got the impression of the "rats deserting the sinking ship". The illegals probably know more about what the country is heading for than any politician is willing to say.

Although short on sources, it's long on fact. With minor tweaking it would rate high in all respects.

A very nice opinion piece that presents all that is so wrong with the current administration. Sure to infuriate thelast 17% of the country that still supports Bush and the neocon agenda.

Very nice short report that gives the broad stroke version of an extremely important topic for the current military superpower (the US). The current economic superpowers (European Union, China, and the up and comming Russia) are about to show the US what the rest of the world cares about.

A very easy to read and follow report that gives facts and sources. Very well presented, should be easy for even those with a cursory knowledge of the situation to fathom the extent and implications of the issue.