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1. October 23, 2012 11:00 AM

   Debunking the ‘war on coal,’ take two

   The AP gets it right the second time around

   By Curtis Brainard

   If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Such was The Associated Press’s approach this month to explaining the so-called ‘war on coal’ that conservative spin doctors have been peddling throughout the presidential campaign. An October 15 article by Donna Cassata failed miserably, recycling the narrative that environmental regulations under the Obama administration are the reason for recent turmoil...

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2. June 1, 2012 11:00 AM

   The word on the street: frustrated

   Listening to voters at a Pennsylvania Walmart

   By Trudy Lieberman

   Last week a NBC News/Marist poll showed President Obama and Mitt Romney locked in a tight race in Florida and Virginia while Obama led by six percentage points in Ohio, another swing state.The top issue: the economy; voters told pollsters the economy trumped social issues by a wide margin, and that was before today's devastating jobs report. Pennsylvania is another...

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3. November 30, 2010 08:19 PM

   Yes, We Are Much Poorer Than in 2007

   Michael Kinsley flubs the numbers and the argument in a Politico column

   By Ryan Chittum

   Boy, how out of touch is this Michael Kinsley column asking "Are we poorer than we used to be?" Kinsley bases his case that it's more of a feeling than reality on the fact that the nation's gross domestic product has pulled even with what it was in the summer of 2007, before the recession. Life did not seem so...

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