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A gaffe according to the oft-repeated definition is getting caught saying something you actually believe. Last week Harvard Professor and Daily Beast contributor Niall Ferguson offered an ” unqualified apology ” after remarking that the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes should be ignored because of his purported sexuality. In the  Harvard Crimson  he seems to withdraw at least the “unqualified” nature of his remorse  claiming  ”not for one moment did I mean to suggest that Keynesian economic as a body of thought was simply a function of Keynes’ sexuality.” According to the economist, “nor can it be true–as some of my critics apparently believe–that his sexuality is totally irrelevant to our historical understanding of the man.” Ferguson goes on to state “Keynes’ sexual orientation did have historical significance.

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Daily Beast contributor Niall Ferguson has offered an “unqualified apology” for suggesting that John Maynard Keynes, the British economist whose theories are the basis of macroeconomics and the foundation of progressive economic policy, was unconcerned with future generations because he was gay and childless.

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Fox Business anchor Lou Dobbs dismissed the discovery of errant data points in a recently dismantled Harvard economics study that had formed the cornerstone for arguments supporting U.S. and European austerity as merely “a small mistake.” On the April 30 edition of Fox Business’ Lou Dobbs Tonight , Dobbs discussed with former Reagan administration economic adviser Arthur Laffer a “contretemps” between New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman and historian Niall Ferguson over national debt and the economy

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Fox News covered Democratic criticism of harmful and unnecessary spending cuts as a purely political maneuver, without acknowledging that those criticisms are reflected in actual economic data, and echoed by economists and even by House GOP leadership. On the April 29 edition of America’s Newsroom , host Bill Hemmer set up an interview with Wall Street Journal editorial board member Stephen Moore by suggesting that only Democrats argue that America is not in a “debt crisis,” and hinted that the raw total of U.S

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Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren pushed the right-wing talking point that regulation is “strangling” small businesses on Sunday, ignoring reports that have repeatedly debunked her theory. On ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos , Van Susteren got into a debate with Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman over the effect that government regulation has on small businesses and the American job market. Though Krugman pointed out that Van Susteren’s assertion is not backed up by the data, Van Susteren refused to give his explanation credence.

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Our guest blogger is Sarah Ayres, a Policy Analyst at the Center for American Progress.

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Fox News contributor John Bolton has become the latest on-air personality employed by the network attached to a political action committee (PAC). According to  a report from The Center for Public Integrity, Bolton will head both Bolton for America PAC and Bolton for America Super PAC.

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Fox News host Bill O’Reilly argued against another accurate statement about President Obama, calling the claim that spending growth has decreased under Obama’s administration “crazy.” After screaming ” bullshit ” at  Fox News contributor Alan Colmes for accurately pointing out that Obama has proposed specific spending cuts, O’Reilly again dismissed Colmes when he pointed out that President Obama has slowed the growth of federal spending more than any president sinceto Eisenhower.

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A top executive at a Colorado newspaper has sparked controversy after he sent an email to a state senator opposing legislative efforts to strengthen gun laws that the legislator took as a threat of retaliation by the paper. Ray Stafford, general manager of the  Pueblo   Chieftain , sent a March 3  email  to State Sen.

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From the March 12 edition of Fox News’ The Five : Previously: UPDATED: 16 Media Myths About Proposals To Strengthen Gun Laws Sorry Rush, Gun Violence Is A Health Care Issue ERIC BOLLING: Check this story out. A town in Georgia has proposed a new law requiring every head of a household to possess a firearm

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