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Tom Blumer

Former Contributing Editor
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Tom Blumer has written for several national online publications  primarily on business, economics, politics and media bias. He has had his own blog, BizzyBlog.com, since 2005, and was with NewsBusters from December 2005 to July 2018. Along the way, he's had a decades-long career in accounting, finance, training and development.


Latest Blogs

No Need to Wonder Who AFP Likes in the French Election Next Sunday

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The Tribune Company Sale: An Object Lesson in the Price of Biased Repo

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CNN Baghdad Reporter Heckles Senators McCain and Graham at Press Confe

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AP Story: Nonbinding Senate Resolution Is 'Budget

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Former LAT Editorial Editor: News Desks Shouldn't Lobby for Op-Eds

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Kelo-New London Update: When Will the Media Cover the Project's Lack o

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Coverage of Jeb Bush Honorary Degree Denial Ignores Florida Colleges

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CNN E-Mail Ignores the Past Week's Strong Stock Market Performance

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Wal-Mart's Bank Plan Withdrawal: AP Shows Strange Sympathy for the Big

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Gathering of Eagles (GoE): An Indicator of Old Media Decline

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Obama's Unpaid 1980s Parking Tickets Virtually Ignored; Not a Bad 18-Y

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4th Quarter 2006 Home-Price Report: The Sky Is Not Falling

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The Reporting of Employment News Is Inadequate, or Worse; Here’s Why

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Robert Kagan in WaPo: What Is Journalists' Plan B if the 'Surge' Works

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Today's Reporters Won't Do Their Real Jobs -- And How We Are Worse Off

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If the Business Reporters at AP Know What's 'Real,' They Don't Show It

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House Rebuked Pelosi Over Military Transportation Request; Media Total

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N.Y. Times Declares a 'Manufacturing Recession' -- But None Occurred I

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Is the Formerly Mainstream Media Rooting for a Bad Economy

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So Matt Drudge Helped Cause the Market Dive? How About the Original So

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