Upcoming British elections warped by pro-austerity media bias, says NYT’s Paul Krugman:

Upcoming British elections warped by pro-austerity media bias, says NYT’s Paul Krugman:

“The narrative I’m talking about goes like this: In the years before the financial crisis, the British government borrowed irresponsibly [and] at imminent risk of a Greek-style crisis; austerity policies, slashing spending in particular, were essential … this is what you hear all the time on TV and read in British newspapers, presented not as the view of one side of the political debate but as simple fact.”

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