Paul Krugman: There’s A “Virtual Blackout” On Wisconsin News Coverage

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Paul Krugman: There’s A “Virtual Blackout” On Wisconsin News Coverage

Written By : William Teach

No, seriously, and it gives him “That Iraq Feeling“

I don’t watch cable news, or actually any kind of TV news. But I gather that there’s a virtual blackout on the huge demonstrations in Wisconsin, except on Fox, which portrays them as thuggish and violent.

So, wait, wait, he doesn’t watch any TV news, yet, he “feels” that there’s a virtual blackout (except on Fox), because of a post at Digsby (the link he offers up as “proof”)? BTW, Paul, it’s not just Fox which has highlighted the violent and un-civil rhetoric and actions of the protesters. Many outlets have. Except the NY Times, which chooses to avoid highlighting what is going on by your lefty peeps.

But, wait, it. Gets. Better

What that makes me think of is January-February 2003, when anyone watching cable news would have believed that only a few kooks were opposed to the imminent invasion of Iraq. It was quite spooky, realizing that hundreds of thousands of people could march through New York, and by tacit agreement be ignored by news networks whose headquarters were just a few blocks away.

And it’s even more spooky to see it happening all over again.

Really? Perhaps you should have actually watched the TV news in 2003, Paul: You might have seen the huge protests. Of course, he is referring to Fox News, which, BTW, showed the protests. They also gave a platform for many anti-war liberals, like Michael Moore, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, and Martin Sheen.

Anonymous

Maybe the real story here is that bussed-in rent-a-mob protest marches no longer move the meter because they’re obviously phony and have no real impact outside the headlines they generate in the liberal media?

Kind of like creating the meme of a “news blackout” by using The Force or whatever without actually gathering any facts.
http://www.patriotpost.com bthewolf

Krugman should stick to what he knows, which is apparently nothing, since he gets economics as wrong as he does this story.

Soldout

So Krugman knows nothing, whereas you have all the answers?

Have you always been so delusional? You are exactly like a street person ranting about the end of the world, compared to Krugman.

Anonymous

“You are exactly like a street person ranting about the end of the world”

Don’t compare bthewolf to the Democrat protesters in WI.
Anonymous

And what happened to that pledge you made a couple of days ago about being polite and respectful of the regulars on this site?

That didn’t last long, did it?

FOAD, child.

TR

Martin Hale

You beat me to it, Trench. He could have taken the high road and just said he didn’t agree with wolfie, and go on to explain why he didn’t agree. But no, he had to go down the path of calling him delusional instead, didn’t he? And he can’t even use the “but he did it first” excuse since wolfie clearly hadn’t said anything to him at all.

Oh well, he’d made that pledge before, and I’m sure he will again when it’s convenient to get him out of a perceived jam..

Anonymous

Libs break pledges just as fast as they break oaths

http://www.facebook.com/michael.spurlock Michael Spurlock

Yeah, you sold out, all right. Looks like your parents did, too.
http://www.patriotpost.com bthewolf

Where did I say I have all the answers moron? I’m going by facts as posted by dozens of other economists that show Krugman to be an intellectual midget. You need to learn to read for comprehension and stick to that words as actually posted, not create strawmen out of nothing to defend a the likes of Krugman.
Anonymous

So Krugman knows nothing, whereas you have all the answers?

And would he forfeit his own rational ability and observation to Paul Krugman. Absent any evidence from Paul Krugman that he is wrong, the only sane response would be to trust his own mind and senses.

Anonymous

Krugman gives all economists a bad name.

Soldout

I watched the news in 2003, and I vividly recall a lack of coverage of the worldwide multi-million person pre-invasion protests. The tremendous disparity in coverage of the TP events has been compared and contrasted with the prre-invasion protests up the ying yang. The TP events were small in comparison, but their coverage extensive across all networks. The huge worldwide pre-invasion protests were barely a blip in contrast to the hype to go to war.

I call bullshit on your claim that Faux covered the protest in any way but disparagingly or had those people on, until you provide links.

Without conflict, the ongoing Wisconsin protests are buried in the newspapers and omitted from TV coverage. Krugman is absolutely right.

Anonymous

Are you becoming disenfranchised with all the media outlets, yet only lash out at Fox News?

Why don’t you find something more productive to do then lash out here about FOX, when, if what you say is true then; CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNBC, HLN and NPR need to get there act together. I’m sure they will welcome your suggestions with open arms. Don’t forget 90% of the newspapers in the US also.
http://www.thepiratescove.us/ William_Teach

Since you dropped that comment, I have switched between Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, and the local News 14 network (run by Time Warner), and all of them had stories about Wisconsin.

There are stories, with video, at ABC, CBS, and NBC news. BBC, The Telegraph, and other UK news sites have stories up. So does the Washington Post, Politico, LA Times, Boston Herald, Miami Post, and pretty much every other news site. Blogs are covering it. The local news media has it. Apparently, you live in a bubble, blowing Paul Krugman.
Anonymous

“Krugman is absolutely right”

Krugman: “I don’t watch cable news, or actually any kind of TV news”
Of course he could be right for a little birdie told him so.
Anonymous

I know it’s hard to wrap, but try to wrap your childish brain around this, jack_shite/pete/zimmy/etc. The Tea Party protests got alot of coverage because of their novelty. It’s quite a rare thing for the conservative majority in the US to motivated enough to take to the streets and protest. That is not their usuall MO. On the other hand, the war protests were old hat. One expects temper tantrums from children. It’s a “man bites dog vs dog bites man” type of situtation. Unusual situtations get more attention in the press.

You’re welcome for pointing out the obvious.
TR
http://www.facebook.com/michael.spurlock Michael Spurlock

No matter what one of your Komisars says, you’d say he was right. You lost the election, people are on to your scam, so why don’t all of you just close the door to your mom’s basement and go away?
Anonymous

The very top news item on foxnews.com is about the Wisconsin budget debate, and it’s given primary real estate on the front page right under Libya news.

Liberals can add “blind” to their list of shortcomings.
http://www.patriotpost.com bthewolf

You have selective memory, just like Krugman: a simple of Google search of ‘war protests 2003′ finds hundreds of links to news sources from every MSM outlet including but not limited to; CNN, BBC, and PBS on the first page alone!

http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/search?q=war+protests+2003&submit=Search

And heres the news feeds under ‘Wisconsin Protests’

http://www.google.com/#q=Wisconsin+protests&hl=en&prmd=ivnsu&source=univ&tbs=nws:1&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=cPBrTbywHoWSgQf5yoHLCg&sqi=2&ved=0CDcQqAI&bav=on.1,or.&fp=4108eed1f2742a34

Is lying your only form of communication?

Here’s the search on Fox news.

http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/search?q=war+protests+2003&submit=Search
http://www.wordaroundthenet.com Christopher Taylor

I have to repeat the same question I asked about Krugman above directed at you.

I suspect you know better but prefer your version of reality over the truth because it helps you feel better about yourself.
Anonymous

The media is ignoring only two aspects of the wisconsin protests: 1) the unreasonableness of the unions in light of a crippling deficit and 2) the routine incidents of violence committed by union members.

The protests and sob stories are covered quite thoroughly.
Anonymous

By the way, what happened to those protesters once Bush left office? Did the war suddenly end?

http://www.facebook.com/michael.spurlock Michael Spurlock

Der Krugman, Gauleiter of Obama’s Potemkin Village of the Mind.
He’s entirely divorced from reality.
Martin Hale

I stopped reading after Mr. Krugman’s first two sentences. If he starts out with a disingenuous lie, the rest of the piece isn’t worth reading, in my book. What, is he trying to score twitter accolades from the hipster doofuses in Manhattan by declaring himself above the pedestrian medium of teevee?

Oy.
http://www.wordaroundthenet.com Christopher Taylor

Every news site and blog in America is covering this stuff wall to wall and he’s pretending only Fox is? Is he stupid, or does he just hope his readers are?

StanW

Krugman is not PRETENDING he is stupid, and how KNOWS his readers are.
StanW

Krugman is not PRETENDING he is stupid, and how KNOWS his readers are.
http://www.patriotpost.com bthewolf

“Krugman should stick to what he knows, which is apparently nothing, since he gets economics as wrong as he does this story.”
http://www.patriotpost.com bthewolf

“Krugman should stick to what he knows, which is apparently nothing, since he gets economics as wrong as he does this story.”

http://www.wordaroundthenet.com Christopher Taylor

Every news site and blog in America is covering this stuff wall to wall and he’s pretending only Fox is? Is he stupid, or does he just hope his readers are?

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