- Obama walks out of stormy debt talks--"I've reached my limit. This may bring my presidency down, but I will not yield on this."
- U.S. Put On Review For Possible Credit Rating Downgrade By Moody's
- How Grover Norquist hypnotized the GOP
- American mainstream rejects GOP debt line
- Yes, the Tea Party is Insane
- The new "Let them eat cake!": 10 shocking, illuminating moments that prove just how out of touch the powerful really are Salon
- Obama's Original Sin: The president's failure to demand a reckoning from the moneyed interests who brought the economy down has cursed his first term, and could prevent a second.
- Smooth-Talking SOBs: What the rich guys and corporate types in Aspen think of Obama
- "Their goal? Exonerate their own bad behavior, throw off any responsibility for the collapse, blame anything but their own ideology and horrific decision making. They want to keep pushing their tired political agendas, despite the damage they may have caused."
- Inside Job--Takes a closer look at what brought about the financial meltdown.
- Reuters Retracts Column Saying News Corp. Got Billions In Tax Refunds
- Reuters Columnist David Cay Johnston's No Good, Very Bad Day
- How I misread News Corp's taxes: David Cay Johnston
- Murdoch media dynasty descends from deal to disaster--"These guys are on the run. They had no option but to drop the bid. But now the real issue is how to avoid further humiliation. They are in retreat with no real business in the UK anymore, just a set of disintegrating assets."
- Bancroft Family Members Express Regrets at Selling Wall Street Journal to Murdoch
- 9/11 families call for U.S. probe of Murdoch
- Like Pravda Covering Chernobyl: Fox News on the Murdoch Problems
- 14 Propaganda Techniques Fox 'News' Uses to Brainwash Americans
- The Fox Cycle in Action--"For almost three weeks, Fox News has tried desperately to manufacture a controversy in an attempt to silence a vocal critic. This is how Fox attacks groups they consider their ideological enemies."