Liberals and conservatives agree on at least one thing these days: the media sucks.
“You are the penultimate right wing twit,” a reader named Peter emailed me after I pointed out that none of the presidential candidates has a serious plan to address the $19 trillion national debt. The government’s debt payments as a percentage of GDP are lower than “at the end of your idol’s (Reagan) term,” he argued.
“RickJNewman is biased, all right,” a tweeter named JR declared after I wrote about Donald Trump’s ties with Wall Street donors. “He's a pure liberal and definitely on the losing side come November.”
So which is it? Liberal? Conservative? Libervative? Readers will obviously decide on their own, but there’s always the possibility a journalist might approach issues from a pragmatic bent rather than a political or ideological one. Maybe the real bias is in the reader’s mind?
Nah. At any rate, click on the video above to hear more colorful things readers have to say about me. You’ll be entertained, regardless of your political leanings.
Rick Newman’s latest book is Liberty for All: A Manifesto for Reclaiming Financial and Political Freedom. Follow him on Twitter: @rickjnewman.
