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Krugman Is Top Media Liberal

Krugman tops Forbes ' list

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 24, 2009 1:36 AM CST
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(Newser) – Washington is beginning a new liberal era, and Forbes lists the 25 media lefties likely to be the most influential in the coming years. The top 5:

  1. Paul Krugman. The Nobel Prize-winner's "prose is as pungent as his academic credentials are impeccable."
  2. Arianna Huffington: The Huffington Post's founder "has an uncanny ability to marry attitude and authoritativeness."

       
  1. Fred Hiatt: The Iraq war-supporting Washington Post editorial page editor lands on the list because of his "moderate and pragmatic editorial column."
  2. Thomas Friedman: The Times op-ed columnist is "genuinely influential among the educated, tome-reading public and the Washington establishment."
  3. Jon Stewart: His "acerbic, satirical take on the news is in perfect sync with these times."
Click the link for the full list.

Jon Stewart, host of the 80th Academy Awards, posing for a photo at the Kodak Theater in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles.
Jon Stewart, host of the 80th Academy Awards, posing for a photo at the Kodak Theater in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/Chris Carlson.File)
Political pundit Arianna Huffington arrives at the Time 100 gala, Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at the Time Warner Center in New York.
Political pundit Arianna Huffington arrives at the Time 100 gala, Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at the Time Warner Center in New York.   (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)
US economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, laureate of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
US economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, laureate of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.   (AP Photo/Scanpix Sweden, Fredrik Sandberg)
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AClotfelter
Jan 26, 2009 6:29 AM CST
I love how someone being "moderate and pragmatic" makes than a liberal... it's so telling 9and true!)
Forderon
Jan 25, 2009 10:33 PM CST
How the hell is Jon Stewart a liberal? He's a rationalist who hates ideology and he bashes liberals and conservatives equally. It's not his fault Fox News and Bush gave him so much delicious material.
riffran
Jan 24, 2009 4:49 AM CST
Well John Stewart aint too awfull...he bags on everybody

List can't hide Friedman's unimportance
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