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Les wrote: i'm always amazed at the little things that slip into so many news report. for example, here is from a Washington Post article on the aftermath of the street protests in Thailand recently: "One of Asia's most vibrant economies is now getting cleaned up and back in business, but the government's campaign to rip out the roots of the protests once and for all has turned on some of Thailand's wealthiest businesspeople." from "Thailand tries to go after financial backers of 'red shirts'" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/27/AR2010052705708.html?hpid=topnews Being relatively new here I don't know if his name has been brought up, but Dean Baker of CEPR runs a nice rundown of some of the economic news coverage in the primary print press (mostly American, though he does occasionally mention others). His blog is called Beat the Press and you can find it here: http://www.cepr.net/index.php/beat-the-press/ . ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
