After my post on Paul Krugman’s spurious attack on Glenn Beck, a reader emailed me this posting from David Neiwert of the blog Crooks and Liars that attempts to rehabilitate Krugman and defend his misrepresentations. As the following will show in extreme detail, Neiwert is as guilty as Krugman. They both bend over backwards to [...]

Paul Krugman has an op-ed in today’s New York Times entitled “The Big Hate” that sets a new standard for intellectual dishonesty. It is one of the most disgraceful pieces of writing I have ever seen. Krugman’s thesis is that the “right-wing media” is responsible for events like the recent murder of late-term abortion doctor [...]