Discovering Journalism

A small glimmer of hope appears on the front page of today's Kaplan Daily in an article describing how the federal budget deficit ballooned into the trillions of dollars over the past decade. The hope is that the Kaplan Daily (once the respected Washington Post) will return to its tradition of informing the public, rather than its recent habit of regurgitating talking points in a he-said-she-said attempt to provide an inoffensive "balance" of opinion at a time when one side is clearly (ahem) unbalanced. Here's one of reporter Lori Montgomery's aha! revelations:

"...All told, Obama-era choices account for about $1.7 trillion in new debt... Bush-era policies, meanwhile, account for more than $7 trillion and are a major contributor to the trillion-dollar annual budget deficits dominating the political debate."

And what has been the "biggest culprit, by far" in this Bush-era inherited debt? "...[a]n erosion of tax revenue triggered largely by two recessions and multiple rounds of tax cuts."

Teatards! Where were you when the country needed you?! Oh, now I remember -- it was a white Rethuglican president and Congress running things, so all must've been well.