{"id":3379,"date":"2010-08-31T07:14:13","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T14:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josemarquez.com\/xsml\/archives\/3379"},"modified":"2010-08-31T07:14:13","modified_gmt":"2010-08-31T14:14:13","slug":"falsehoods-being-traded-as-facts-irrespective-of-their-validity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/2010\/08\/31\/falsehoods-being-traded-as-facts-irrespective-of-their-validity\/","title":{"rendered":"Falsehoods being traded as facts, &#8220;irrespective of their validity.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The problem with <a href=http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/08\/31\/business\/31sorkin.html>so much journalism<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nMr. Loeb\u2019s views, irrespective of their validity, point to a bigger problem for the economy: If business leaders have a such a distrust of government, they won\u2019t invest in the country. And perception is becoming reality.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It is precisely because these views are not questioned that they pose a problem for the economy. Were they questioned, in public, and confirmed, the process would benefit the marketplace of ideas. As is, they&#8217;re counterfeit goods. <\/p>\n<p>As for the subjects of this report, the billionaire financiers who are upset at being painted as villains: grow a pair.<\/p>\n<p>Or, better yet, try loving your country without such shallow conditions. If patriotism comes with a prenup, I&#8217;m pretty sure &#8220;hurt feelings&#8221; isn&#8217;t cause. <\/p>\n<p><strong>afterthought<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/08\/31\/china-asks-c-e-o-s-to-work-for-state\/?scp=6&#038;sq=work&#038;st=cse\">China Asks C.E.O.\u2019s to Work for State<\/a>. I mean, we&#8217;re still competing with them, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The problem with so much journalism: Mr. Loeb\u2019s views, irrespective of their validity, point to a bigger problem for the economy: If business leaders have a such a distrust of government, they won\u2019t invest in the country. And perception is becoming reality. It is precisely because these views are not questioned that they pose a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,6,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3379"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josemarquez.com\/etc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}