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A Failing Left Flank

By Big Tent Democrat

Krugman, citing Media Matters, writes:

One major sin of news coverage, especially on TV, is the way certain points of view just get excluded from consideration — even if many of the best-informed people hold those views. Most famously and disastrously, the case against invading Iraq was just not heard in the months before the war.

And still it happens. According to the invaluable Media Matters, the idea that the Obama stimulus plan might be too small — a view held by many well-known economists — basically went unreported on broadcast news during the stimulus debate. . . . Meanwhile, it’s rapidly becoming clear that yes, the plan was too small.

More . . .

Part of this was due to the fact that the voices that are perceived as the "Left flank," the Left blogs, simply did not speak up on the issue. They are too invested in Barack Obama, and not sufficiently vested in progressive policies. Maybe they thought the stimulus was the right size (and maybe they approve of the Obama approach on the financial crisis), but I doubt it.

The blogs still have not figured out how to address issues in the Obama Era. Of course they still know how to fight the Limbaugh/Steele/John Galt battles, but those are pretty meaningless now.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on March 07, 2009 (boomark / email).