I read the article three times to try to be sure I wasn't saying nonsense, but now that you say that I guess I can see it. All this said, the emphasis is less on accountable reporting and more on "OMG BIG NUMBERS!" all while placing those numbers in dubious context.
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US Debt Hits $13T - But Spending Spree in DC Continues.....
- 26/05/2010 05:09:48 PM
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- 26/05/2010 05:09:48 PM
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Look who finally remembered they oppose federal deficits.
- 26/05/2010 05:26:30 PM
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Silly Joel.....please find the posts where I supported GWB's deficit spending.
- 26/05/2010 05:35:13 PM
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hmmm
- 26/05/2010 05:40:49 PM
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That's different; spending trillions on the Iraq war is necessary national defense, just ask Fox.
- 26/05/2010 05:46:49 PM
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0.7 Trillion doesn't usually qualify as 'Trillions'
- 26/05/2010 06:16:15 PM
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I'm not willing to try parsing how much DoD spending was and wasn't Iraq just now.
- 26/05/2010 06:27:50 PM
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You can knock off the "Faux News" stuff, makes you sound like you've been hanging at Daily Kos
- 26/05/2010 07:06:16 PM
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A Fox News person was involved in writing the article so it sent him into a tissy fit
- 26/05/2010 10:56:35 PM
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Well, they annoyed the hell out of me by "accusing" Dems of something they supported for 5 years.
- 27/05/2010 03:30:08 PM
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This would sound better if you didn't say yourself the support was mostly fake
- 28/05/2010 01:05:44 PM
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I thought overthrowing Saddam was fine.....and it worked out very well.
- 26/05/2010 06:37:31 PM
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"They" plural.
- 26/05/2010 05:45:48 PM
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you are so full of crap
- 26/05/2010 05:59:47 PM
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Oh, they weren't silent; they were quite vocal in their endorsement of the Iraq war.
- 26/05/2010 06:03:51 PM
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more ranting doesn't support your argument
- 26/05/2010 06:17:22 PM
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I'll respond to the coherent part of that. 
- 26/05/2010 06:30:07 PM
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- 26/05/2010 06:30:07 PM
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I wish ...
- 26/05/2010 06:57:30 PM
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Is the NYT any better pieces slandering McCain and his wife before an election?
- 26/05/2010 07:16:58 PM
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I don't know those articles specifically.
- 26/05/2010 08:27:44 PM
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So my repeated use of "M$" in moondogs thread only makes things worse? 
- 27/05/2010 03:35:06 PM
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- 27/05/2010 03:35:06 PM
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You mean you will repsond to part that you like and ignore the part you don't because of a typo
- 26/05/2010 07:18:03 PM
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I'll give Joel a little hand here...
- 26/05/2010 09:14:27 PM
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The second paragraph is very hard to follow unless you already have an idea what he's going to say.
- 27/05/2010 03:43:09 PM
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yes the good republicans spent a lot of money so democrats should spend even more argument
- 26/05/2010 05:52:57 PM
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Well, I'll certainly agree that if it's bad, it's bad whoever's doing it.
- 26/05/2010 06:00:20 PM
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you are attacking Fox News becuase you object to opposing views being expressed
- 26/05/2010 06:27:29 PM
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Not at all; I just expect a little consistency.
- 26/05/2010 06:40:07 PM
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then why not show some and admit that all the news agency were backing the war
- 26/05/2010 07:10:57 PM
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Yes, they were; most of them stopped: One of them didn't.
- 27/05/2010 03:08:34 PM
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so the other media outlets get a pass because the supported losing a war they supported starting?
- 27/05/2010 06:39:21 PM
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We were heading in the wrong direction already, but Obama/Dems put the pedal to the floor...
- 26/05/2010 06:41:48 PM
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I don't mean to defend all of the spending that Obama and Congress have done since he's in power...
- 26/05/2010 09:29:38 PM
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They did push the pedal further down even if they didn't start it
- 26/05/2010 10:46:38 PM
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Here is the problem with this kind of reporting...
- 27/05/2010 07:12:34 AM
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The problem with that kind of logic is it is wrong
- 27/05/2010 02:19:37 PM
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Yes, that would be wrong.
- 27/05/2010 03:35:30 PM
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Based on Obama's budget, he will add more to the debt over the next 10 years.....
- 27/05/2010 04:10:45 PM
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At least we agree that you are wrong because that is what you said
- 27/05/2010 06:50:43 PM
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And where does the rest of the money come from?
- 27/05/2010 08:12:31 PM
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No, that's for the entire Department of Defense.
- 27/05/2010 08:25:28 PM
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using those numbers the war appears to be about half a drop in the bucket *NM*
- 27/05/2010 08:37:31 PM
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I interpreted it as saying...
- 27/05/2010 02:22:13 PM
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Hmmm...
- 27/05/2010 03:41:15 PM
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