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By William K. Black
Bloomington, MN: January 26, 2015
I wrote a column Sunday, January 25, 2015 as the Greek election results became sufficiently clear to know that Syriza was receiving a strong plurality from the voters and as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal posted on their websites the first reaction news columns. I criticized the dishonest nature of both papers coverage (actually non-coverage) of what austerity inflicted on the Greek people. Both of those initial columns have now been modified, so I have looked to see whether they improved their candor in their re-writes. The updated NYT column still contains this clunker.
Syrizas victory is a milestone for Europe. Continuing economic weakness has stirred a populist backlash from France to Spain to Italy, with more voters growing fed up with policies that require sacrifice to meet the demands of creditors but that have not delivered more jobs and prosperity.
The NYTs EU economic correspondents remain hopeless on austerity. It isnt that austerity has not delivered more jobs and prosperity to Greece it is austerity that destroyed hundreds of thousands of Greek jobs and forced the Greeks into a Great Depression that is more severe and has lasted longer than Greeces Great Depression of 80 years ago. It isnt that austerity has not delivered
prosperity, it is that austerity pushed Greece to a 25% loss of GDP. The NYT knows these facts, but refuses to link them to austerity.
Greece has endured a historic collapse since 2009; economic output has shrunk by 25 percent, and the unemployment rate hovers near 26 percent.
in full: http://neweconomicperspectives.org/2015/01/syriza-wins-greece-nyt-wsj-still-get-re-writes-wrong.html
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)is now invading the Oligarths of Europe.
That the media owned by the same Oligarths would leap to their defence and attack Syriza was predictable as rain in Spain. Which is the next domino to fall in time.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)would not print the truth in a timely manner. BTW,Bloomberg News and CNBC basically did a regurgitation of these same stories. Man,does the 1%ers really not believe what just happened or are they that ignorant as to what is happening around the world. Just checked the BBC and they are on a total rip of the new Greek duly elected leader.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)Response to Wellstone ruled (Reply #3)
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malaise
(269,157 posts)They will become even more creative
WillyT
(72,631 posts)hatrack
(59,592 posts)Why should anyone be surprised?