Krugman turns a blind eye

Op-Ed Columnist - Fear and Favor - NYTimes.com:

Perhaps the most important thing to realize is that when billionaires put their might behind "grass roots" right-wing action, it's not just about ideology: it's also about business. What the Koch brothers have bought with their huge political outlays is, above all, freedom to pollute. What Mr. Murdoch is acquiring with his expanded political role is the kind of influence that lets his media empire make its own rules.

You know, I can't argue with one word that is in this Op-Ed from Paul Krugman. I could go on for a while about all the words that he left out.

It is patently irresponsible of Paul Krugman to rail on the billionaires that are funding "'grass roots' right-wing action" without mentioning the billionaires funding the left wing grass roots actions. George Soros, Michael Bloomberg (although he is admittedly more center that left), Peter Lewis, etc...

This is the problem, it's only wrong if the other side is doing it. If the right does it, it's astro-turf, if the left does it, it's grass-roots. I mean seriously, let's not even get started on the unions (who have turned astro-turfing into an art form). I'm not a conservative and I sometimes agree with Mr. Krugman, but this piece is just garbage.