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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged William Greider

1. November 8, 2011 11:05 AM

   WaPo’s Misleading Social Security Piece

   Article doesn’t come close to telling the whole story

   By Trudy Lieberman

   By now we’re aware that The Washington Post supports serious changes in Social Security. In fact, the paper editorialized Friday that the word “thuggish” comes to mind when discussing ads from the AARP opposing Social Security cuts. “The crunch time for the congressional super committee has arrived, and with it comes a new round of self-centered, shortsighted intransigence on the...

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2. December 21, 2010 09:11 AM

   Social Security in Perspective, Part III

   A conversation with William Greider

   By Trudy Lieberman

   Proposals to change the Social Security system have taken shape, and could foreshadow long-lasting effects on the program. Many of these call for substantial changes to Social Security, but the public largely has only a vague sense of how their benefits might change, both in the short term and the long term. Campaign Desk has for months urged a broader...

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