THE BOILERPLATE

by jH

Continuing our theme about irresponsible news media, here’s Paul Krugman on recent reporting of the Maximum Leader’s budget proposal: “You don’t want the news section to read like a partisan attack, but in the very first few paragraphs, you should say something like this is a budget that raised eyebrows around
Washington, or something like that, because it’s true. That’s the real story — not the boilerplate that came with the official presentation.”