Paul Krugman Claims 'ObamaCare Success' Based on One Unnamed Signup He

October 15th, 2013 8:13 AM
Break out the confetti! Strike up the band! It's time for an "ObamaCare Success" victory parade! And what was this "ObamaCare Success?" Why, it was Paul Krugman conveniently discovering ONE unnamed person who claims to have "signed up" for ObamaCare. Here is Krugman breathlessly describing this astounding "ObamaCare Success":

Noonan and Senor School Krugman on the ObamaCare Train Wreck

October 13th, 2013 12:35 PM
Despite all the trouble ObamaCare has been having since health insurance exchanges opened about two weeks ago, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman on ABC’s This Week Sunday predictably had nothing but praise for the law. Fortunately the Wall Street Journal’s Peggy Noonan and former Mitt Romney advisor Dan Senor were present to set the record straight (video follows with transcript and…

Former NYT Public Editor Says Majority of Workload Involved Krugman's

October 10th, 2013 11:33 AM
NewsBusters readers are well-aware that one of our problems with New York Times columnist Paul Krugman - besides his perilously liberal bias, of course! - is how he plays fast and loose with facts to support his agenda. On MSNBC's Morning Joe Thursday, co-host Joe Scarborough said, "One of the public editors of the New York Times told me off the record after my debate that their biggest…

Krugman's Selective Outrage: Goes After Paul and Cantor on 'Deficit

August 16th, 2013 3:19 PM
One thing which is arguably worse for one's health than Obamacare is the act of reading a Paul Krugman column at the New York Times. In his latest equivalent of a DNC press release on Thursday published in Friday's print edition, Krugman lambasted GOP Senator Rand Paul and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor as "politicians who gleefully add to the misinformation" the general public allegedly…

Krugman: GOP 'Takes Positive Glee in Inflicting Further Suffering on t

July 15th, 2013 9:56 AM
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman takes positive glee in attacking Republicans on almost a daily basis. In a piece published Monday entitled "Hunger Games, USA," Krugman disgracefully said the GOP "takes positive glee in inflicting further suffering on the already miserable":

Krugman: ‘We Are Kind of’ an ‘Authoritarian Surveillance State

June 9th, 2013 12:49 PM
Since last week’s revelations concerning the National Security Agency looking at American phone records, it’s been fascinating to watch Obama-loving media members take issue with what the White House is doing. Include New York Times columnist Paul Krugman who on ABC’s This Week Sunday said that America is now “kind of” an “authoritarian surveillance state” (video follows with transcript and…

‘Dilbert’ Features Paul Krugman Character

June 3rd, 2013 6:24 PM
Making it in the pages of the wildly popular business comic “Dilbert” is either a sign you have arrived or it is a sign that you are as transparently ridiculous as a pointy-haired boss. In the case of wild-eyed New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, the latter is clearly what’s happened.

ObamaCare to Hike California Premiums By Up To 146%; Krugman Said Mond

May 31st, 2013 10:24 AM
Forbes reported Thursday that as a result of ObamaCare, California health insurance premiums will increase by as much as 146 percent. Yet on Monday, New York Times columnist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman said premiums in the Golden State would decline once ObamaCare was fully implemented:

Martin Bashir: 'Paul Krugman Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize'...For Adv

May 29th, 2013 1:07 AM
Martin Bashir on Tuesday said New York Times columnist Paul Krugman "deserves the Nobel Peace Prize." Yes, the MSNBC host said Peace Prize - not one for economics - all because the perilously liberal economist has advocated more deficit spending and even more federal debt to stimulate the economy (video follows with partial transcript and commentary):

Paul Krugman’s Flagrant ‘Austerity’ Double Standard

May 25th, 2013 12:24 AM
Generally speaking, we try to avoid mentioning shrill leftist New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, not because he makes no absurd statements but because he makes so many of them. An exception to this rule must be made, however, thanks to an excellent piece by economist Robert P. Murphy in the American Conservative headlined “Heads Krugman Wins, Tails ‘Austerity’ Loses.” In the past several…

PBS’s Tavis Smiley Invites Paul Krugman On to Bash Republicans

March 14th, 2013 10:28 AM
Tavis Smiley invited ultra-liberal Princeton economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman on his show Monday night for a friendly chat about the American economy. Predictably, Krugman used the appearance as an opportunity to bash Republicans, and on a taxpayer-subsidized television program no less. Krugman and Smiley both complained that the American people have not yet become “…

Liberal Economist Takes On Krugman: Federal Reserve Averted Depression

March 11th, 2013 9:29 AM
While you were watching Rand Paul's historic filibuster and the debate surrounding budget sequestration, an economic theory battle was waging between two of the nation's foremost liberal economists Paul Krugman and Jeffrey Sachs. In his most recent salvo published at the Huffington Post Saturday, Sachs spoke heresy to Obama-lovers across the fruited plain including Krugman claiming that…

Scarborough Smacks Down Krugman For Pompously Behaving Like a Sighing

March 5th, 2013 11:31 AM
As NewsBusters reported earlier, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough had quite a heated discussion about the budget, debt, and the economy on PBS's Charlie Rose Monday evening. Near its conclusion, Scarborough actually scolded Krugman for pompously behaving like a sighing Al Gore (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Krugman: Quoting What I Said in the Past Is an Ad Hominem Attack

March 5th, 2013 10:25 AM
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough had an at times heated discussion about budget deficits, debt, and the economy on PBS's Charlie Rose Monday evening. At one point Krugman got so rattled by the facts that he actually said Scarborough quoting what he had said in the past was making an ad hominem attack against him (video follows with transcript and commentary):