Posted on 10/12/2009 10:57:43 AM PDT by J Aguilar
FEW tiffs are as nasty as those between old friends. A bitter bust-up between Spains prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, and the media giant Prisa, publisher of the newspaper El País, mirrors the intimacy that once reigned. It also highlights problems on both sides.
(Excerpt) Read more at economist.com ...
Please, check the readers' comments, they are worth of it: The Economist is very shy when talking about the Continental European oligarchies.
Ping!
Thanks for the ping. I hope we’ll be seeing the last of Zapatero one day. It was very dispiriting to see Spain electing the Communists (which is what they amount to) back into power.
Some parts of Europe are now moving to the right under the economic crisis, and I hope Spain will, too.
17% unemployment and stupid “green” economic plans can make a lot of folks change their tune.
Actually, the comments are at least as good as the main story. This is hilarious! It’s like the Democrats in this country turning on their loyal flacks in the main stream media and setting up their own private propaganda mills. It’s like a media version of Kristallnacht, only bleeding ink instead of blood.
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