Friedman Facts.com

Naomi Klein’s ability to shamelessly spin lies without scorn from the journalistic community is astounding. Despite excellent treatises on her fact-checking and logical ineptitude (here, here, here, here, and here, plus a bevy of YouTube shorts), the media treats her as a serious journalist.  In fact, she was – as rocket posted last week - recently profiled by The New Yorker.  However, abilities we acquire in childhood stick with us; her skilled childhood mendacity was rewarded, so the trait apparently stuck.  When discussing her upbringing, she revealed this gem:

“Since I was an impeccable liar and rarely got caught,” Naomi recalled, “our fights were less about actual transgressions ….

The casual reader’s eye may slip past this statement. However, to those aware of her lack of journalistic integrity, it rings a bell.  Now I understand from where her skill derives, why and how she learned to capitalize on it.  As she entered the journalistic profession, she no doubt realized that this skill would pay off enormously – as have yellow journalists before her.  It’s only too bad that few are listening to the voices attempting to set the record straight.  We encourage our readers to investigate history and economics for themselves, and read the counterpoints mentioned above, before buying Klein’s Doctrine.

(and if you need a cheatsheet, check this out (PDF))