Tran|Script

Network thinking:
Rep. David Obey (D-WI) included the pandemic preparation funding in the [stimulus] package because he believed “that a pandemic hitting in the midst of an economic downturn could turn a recession into something far worse.”
vs. Non-network thinking:
SENATOR COLLINS (on why she stripped pandemic flu funding from the stimulus bill): There’s funding to help improve [...]

Mark Penn writing on bloggers in the WSJ today:
Are there any limits to the opinions they churn out, or any standards to rein them in? Is there someone to complain to about false blogs or hidden conflicts? At the recent Consumer Electronics Show, Panasonic outfitted bloggers with free Panasonic equipment; did that affect their opinions [...]