Evidently the press no longer cares about presenting either a fair or unbiased view of the news, if today's Face The Nation show is any indication.
The show's host, John Dickerson, formed a panel of conservatives ranging from Grover Norquist to The Atlantic's David Frum. Included in the panel was Maya McGuineas, of the Committee For a Responsible Federal Budget. The CRFB bills itself as a "bipartisan, non-profit organization committed to educating the public about issues that have significant fiscal policy impact." We discover in Source Watch that the committee has also had dubious associations with industries and individuals in the past that should give one pause before accepting the organization's partisan claims, or lack thereof, at face value.
In today's panel, CRFB's McGuineas made the claim that Trump is inheriting "the worst fiscal situation of any President as judged by the debt relative to the economy other than President Truman when he walks into office". It was interesting listening to McGuineas' voice drop in volume when she inserted the aside of "debt relative to the economy" to explain her claim. We can already see the tweets of "Trump is inheriting the worst fiscal situation since Truman!"
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