Paul Krugman: Second-Order Journalism

[Playinghardball]

Dave Weigel looks at the disastrous initial media handling of the CBO report — CBOghazi, hah! — and addresses one of my pet peeves: reporting that skips right past the actual policy issues to speculation about how they will play politically. I think of this as “second-order” reporting, and it’s almost always a bad thing.

…. I’m not against all political reporting: it has to be done, and colorful anecdotes are part of what motivates people to read newspapers. But substance should always come first. And if reporters don’t understand the substance well enough — if they don’t know enough about the economics of health reform to tell the difference between job loss and reduced labor supply — they should defer to or consult with someone who does before writing.

Full post here: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/07/second-order-journalism/?_php=true&_type=blogs&module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Opinion&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body&_r=0

Found on the Obama Diary

[Dawson Leery]

1. kick

[pansypoo53219]

2. or, the media is NOT LIBERAL.