Keep a close eye on New York Times writer David M. Herszenhorn's articles

[brentspeak]

Does the following sound like fact-based, non-editorializing reporting to you? From the same business section that gave us Andrew Ross Sorkin ("Wall Street "talent" deserve their huge bonuses" "UAW auto workers make $70/hour...trust me")

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/business/economy/23regulate.html?hp

Republicans Block Start of Debate on Financial Bill

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
Published: April 22, 2010

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The bellicose stance by Democrats, even as Republicans insist they are hopeful of a bipartisan deal, carries some political risk. Voters, often frustrated by the acrimony in Washington, could decide that Democrats, who control Congress and the White House, are being arrogant by refusing to make concessions.

And Mr. McConnell, in his floor speech, said it was the Democrats who had not been honest with the American public...

[JerseygirlCT]

1. Wow. Yeah, not so much. nt

[Bozita]

2. Sounds a lot more like opinion than fact

[Walk away]

3. All of these Wall Street dicks are the same.

Libertarians and Pukes. It's all about their money and the money game. It's pathetic but incurable.

[BrklynLiberal]

4. Yeah..Very even handed. THAT is one more example of why I cancelled my NYTimes subscription

[pscot]

5. The Republicans just want to be helpful

but the mean old Democrats won't let them. Sad. Very sad.

[supernova]

6. It's fair and balanced

:sarcasm: if you couldn't tell.

[The_Commonist]

7. Fuck the New York Times!

My father spent his career there as an editor, so the New York Times fed me and clothed me, housed me and educated me. This is not my father's New York Times...

[amborin]

8. the same ny times whose front page said HCR ended inequality? what a joke!

[Diane R]

9. Please recommend and get this on the Greatest page.

[applegrove]

10. MM told the 'big lie'. Wingnuts will believe it. Independants will not so much.

Letting the financial regulation debate go on and on may be a good idea.