NYC-union 'snowjob' hoax a salvo in conservative class war

On Friday I heard a Wall Street guy from NYC cite the now debunked union-"silent strike" story as fact for all us non-New Yorkers in the room.

Man, lying really works well!

As Alterman points out, if enough Americans believe that public employees are all lazy, cheating slobs, then it won't be hard for conservative politicians to cut their wages, and do things like allow states to declare bankruptcy in order to cancel their pension obligations to public employees.

The Conservative Class War, Continued

By Eric Alterman

February 3, 2011 | The Nation

URL: http://www.truth-out.org/the-conservative-class-war-continued67498