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“[A]verage Americans are suspicious of how their tax dollars are being spent and observe Washington insiders operating at ever-greater levels of power and secrecy. The irony is that policy journalism in Washington is thriving. It’s just not being written for you, and you’re probably never going to read it.” 

—John Heltman, trade-press journalist, “Why the Public Can’t Read the Press,” The Atlantic, 2015 

“The New York Times editorial…it ought to be in the dictionary under ‘O,’ for ‘out of touch,'” - See more at: https://www.thewrap.com/ted-cruz-new-york-times-front-page-gun-editorial/#sthash.sGTUXyV1.dpuf

“The New York Times editorial…it ought to be in the dictionary under ‘O,’ for ‘out of touch,'” - See more at: https://www.thewrap.com/ted-cruz-new-york-times-front-page-gun-editorial/#sthash.sGTUXyV1.dpuf

“The New York Times editorial…it ought to be in the dictionary under ‘O,’ for ‘out of touch,'” - See more at: https://www.thewrap.com/ted-cruz-new-york-times-front-page-gun-editorial/#sthash.sGTUXyV1.dpuf

• Editorial Comment: Our tax dollars at work.


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