Ezra Klein Needed A Headline
Ezra Klein, the excellent liberal domestic policy blogger for www.voices.washingtonpost.com, apparently needed a headline to get himself noticed (it worked, by the way- I saw the headline on Real Clear Politics and went to the post). Unfortunately, in doing so, he very much misled readers.
In short, Klein put the title “Steny Hoyer Explains How Newt Gingrich Broke Congress.” In the interview Klein did with Majority Leader Hoyer (D-MD), Hoyer did reference the Gingrich strategy in 1994 of being obstructionist as opposd to compromising, and also said, “So the parties, to some degree, think the Gingrich strategy might be successful.” However, nowhere did I see condemnation by Hoyer of Gingrich himself, merely that Gingrich started the partisan strategy of the obstructionist minority and others have moved forward with it.
Klein is much better than this, and I recommend people check out his posts- he’s liberal, but he’s one of the intelligent, analytical ones that is excellent on health care.
[...] I’ve said it before: Washington Post blogger Ezra Klein is really good. He explains how the exchanges created under health care reform will increase competition, and I think all three make sense. He explains how regulators will help create competition through laws- I think regulators are important, though I believe the form they are taking under Klein’s analysis increases the scope of government too much- as well as how basic economics will help create competition. Too, the tax on large plans will help bring the costs of plans down. [...]