on money (in the abstract)

[David Morris]

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2011_11/false_equivalencies_are_the_re033665.php

False equivalencies are the real ‘shame’

Fournier is now with National Journal, publishing pieces like these on
the breakdown of the super-committee process.

"Shame.
Shame on Republicans for a stubborn unwillingness to seriously
consider tax increases.
Shame on Democrats for keeping a closed mind to significant benefit cuts.
And shame on President Obama for standing idly by as Washington failed
again to get the country’s fiscal house in order."

Well, one of those sentences makes sense. The rest are just lazy and
superficial arguments that aren’t supported by the facts.

[...]

Some reporters’ obsession with blaming “both sides” at all times is
getting out of control. We know the truth — Democrats offered major
concessions and moved to the right, and instead of meeting them
half-way, Republicans moved even further to the right. And so, to no
one’s surprise, the process broke down.

There is no mystery here. As a New York Times editorial explained this
morning, “The only reason the committee failed was because Republicans
refused to raise taxes on the rich, and, in fact, wanted to cut them
even below their current bargain-basement level.”

This isn’t opinion; it’s fact. The real “shame” comes from reporters
who are eager to give the public the wrong impression.