Dean Baker: The Crazies and the Media

No, I'm not talking about the people who show up at the townhalls yelling about "death panels." I'm talking about folks who are a step down on the evolutionary ladder the people who run the Washington Post.

They were out in full force today spreading misinformation in every direction. In both the lead editorial and a David Broder column we got stern lectures about how the government will soon have to get its fiscal house in order now that the worst of the recession is over.