7 Worst Media Brown-Nosers Who Enable Paul Ryan's Lies

Many pundits describe the vice-presidential nominee as an intellectual heavyweight. He's not -- but you wouldn't know it from the mainstream media reports.

Klein at least has come around to become one of the stronger voices arguing that Ryan isn't a deficit hawk but an ideologue bent on privatization . But plenty of others are still pretending that the vice-presidential nominee is willing to have a serious debate on policy. It's no secret that Fox News is letting Romney and Ryan get away with anything, but it's commentators in the mainstream media that do the most damage. Full Story »

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Randy Morrow
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by Randy Morrow - Sep. 7, 2012

O’Connor nevertheless repeats the popular narrative that Ryan is a “wonk.” What he doesn’t do is question, in his rather extensive history of Ryan’s ... More »

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by Dwight Rousu - Sep. 5, 2012

Ryan’s budget—to say nothing of Romney’s plans for the economy—doesn’t actually reduce the deficit, and Ryan’s cuts to Pell Grants would ... More »

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