(<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/beeldenzeggenmeer/405092064/" target="_blank">beeldenzegger</a>/flickr)
(beeldenzegger/flickr)

Earmarks: The Other White Meat

February 01, 2008

Earmarks were brought to the center of the political spotlight this week in President Bush's State of the Union speech. Once an insider term pertaining to the process of allocating funds, it is now a dirty word synonymous with pork. The Washington Post's Jonathan Weisman explains how this evolution is mostly political and ultimately inaccurate.

  • Transcript
  • Save
  • Print

Leave a Comment

Please keep your comments relevant to this entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments. All comments on On the Media are moderated. On the Media reserves the right to edit any comments posted on this site. Please read the onthemedia.org Comment Guidelines before posting.

Your comment


* required
The information entered into this form will not be used to send unsolicited email and will not be sold to a third party.
 
Back to Episode
Supported in part by: