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Editorial: Revisionists blame Fannie, Freddie – USATODAY.com

drwh0:

What’s this? Wisdom emanates from the mainstream media? Maybe they’ve been reading them some FAIR, which at least names the source of the revision (ahem, Jonathan Karl).

…[F]or all that is wrong about Fannie and Freddie, they were not the main reason for the financial crisis. Instead, they are a convenient red herring for politicians trying to shift blame and for Wall Street interests trying to fight off new regulations.

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