Apology

I bag on the Oklahoman-- and it is a horrible newspaper-- but at least their editorials aren't THIS bad! Granted, no one is going to mistake Chattanooga for being a major city, and one can forgive some small-town paper for being stupid enough to write things like:

your jobs creation plans so far have included a ridiculous government spending spree and punitive tax increase on job creators that were passed, as well as a minimum wage increase that, thankfully, was not. Economists — and regular folks with a basic understanding of math — understand that these are three of the most damaging policies imaginable when a country is mired in unemployment and starving for job growth.

Even though actual economists would tell you quite clearly that government spending and minimum wages increases are a good idea (and taxes on the super rich-- "job creators" in right-wing nut job speak-- aren't all that horrible). Nevertheless, I apologize to the Oklahoman for thinking that their editorials are the worst. Obviously, they're just second-worst.

Edit:

Looks like at least SOME papers have serious editorial oversight. From USA Today:

A Chattanooga newspaper has fired an editor for a headline that told President Obama to take his jobs plan and "shove it."

Unfortunately, the editors add that, "the newspaper's decision to terminate Johnson had nothing to do with the content of the editorial, which criticized the president's job creation ideas and Chattanooga's Smart Grid." While no one objects to critiquing the president, they should do so based on reality, and not fabrications and irrational hatred-- which is what this editorial boiled down to.

Either way, it's nice to see that some papers have some class. Too bad we can't say that about the Oklahoman.