Budget Cuts

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As Cuts Loom and Public Shrugs, NY Times Suddenly Spins Other Way on Sequestration

Spinning the sequester in the New York Times. After weeks of cringing in fear over the supposedly damaging federal cuts due to take effect tomorrow (even as the public shrugs them off) Jonathan ...
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Really? New York Times Insists 'Austerity Is Already Here'

Writing on the looming sequestration, the Times' Binyamin Appelbaum insisted that an $85 billion reduction in the growth of federal spending this year was actually "austerity," and the Times ...
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NY Times Goes Nationwide in Quest for Sequestration Horror Stories: 'Less Beef Jerky'

The New York Times scattered across the country and brought back sequester horror stories: "The owner of a Missouri smokehouse that makes beef jerky is worried about a slowdown in food safety ...
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NY Times Goes Nationwide in Quest for Sequestration Horror Stories: 'Less Beef Jerky'

"The owner of a Missouri smokehouse that makes beef jerky is worried about a slowdown in food safety inspections. A Montana school district is drawing up a list of teachers who could face ...
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New York Times Again Sees a Looming 'Era of Government Austerity' in a $3,500 Billion Budget

The New York Times glimpses the cold hand of "austerity" in a $3,500-billion dollar federal budget? "Cuts of even larger size are scheduled to take effect every year over the next 10, signaling an ...
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Networks Promote White House Fearmongering on Sequester Cuts, Ignore it Was Obama's Idea

The NBC, ABC, and CBS evening newscasts on Tuesday all recited the same White House talking points as anchors and correspondents wrung their hands over the upcoming sequester budget cuts set ...
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NY Times' Calmes Plugs Obama, Eager to End D.C. Dysfunction & Fighting 'Hazardous' Sequester

Obama the Good versus 'hazardous' budget cuts from the sequester, in the telling of Times White House reporter Jackie Calmes: "As the leader of the nation, Mr. Obama is eager to see an end to the ...
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