{"article":{"__typename":"BlogArticle","id":"BlogArticle:21089","title":"Is Obama Manipulating the Recovery Spending?","seoTitle":"Is Obama Manipulating the Recovery Spending?","slug":"is-obama-manipulating-the-recovery-spending","preview":null,"datePublished":"2009-07-10T19:30:56Z","primaryCategory":{"slug":"business","__typename":"Channel","displayName":"Business","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/"},"editorialProject":null,"reviews":[],"authors":[{"id":"Author:1608","displayName":"Derek Thompson","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/derek-thompson/","biography":{"default":"Derek Thompson is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of the Work in Progress newsletter.","__typename":"Biography"},"socialMedia":[{"platform":"TWITTER","url":"https://twitter.com/dkthomp","__typename":"SocialMedia"}],"__typename":"Author"}],"categories":[],"content":[{"__typename":"ArticleParagraphContent","subtype":null,"idAttr":"","innerHtml":"I have no idea, but if I were trying to answer the question I wouldn't ask USA Today. This article by Brad Heath is really one of the silier pieces of journalism I've read recently. The headline -- \"Billions in aid go to areas that backed Obama in '08\" -- certainly suggests political manipulation. But that headline could just as easily read, I dunno,"}],"layout":"standard","secondaryByline":"","dek":"","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2009/07/is-obama-manipulating-the-recovery-spending/21089/","dateModified":"2009-07-10T19:49:57Z","hasMeter":true,"primaryChannel":{"displayName":"Business","__typename":"Channel","slug":"business"},"shareImage1x1":null,"shareImage16x9":null,"shareImage4x3":null,"shareImageDefault":null,"shareImageSquareDefault":null,"shareImageLeadArt":null,"shareDek":"Are red states getting left out?","shareText":null,"shareTitle":"Is Obama Manipulating the Recovery Spending?","editorsNote":null,"embeds":[],"leadArt":null,"fbiaUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/facebook-instant/article/21089/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2009/07/is-obama-manipulating-the-recovery-spending/21089/","syndication":"ALL","shareImage2x1":null,"shareImageSmall":null,"channels":[{"slug":"business","__typename":"Channel"}],"watsonInfo":{"keywords":["Brad Heath","political manipulation","silier pieces","headline","Billions","idea","Obama","question","journalism","USA"],"__typename":"WatsonInfo"},"grapeshot":{"segments":["neg_fx","gs_politics","pos_alcohol","pos_chasemarriott","pos_citibank","pos_creditcard","pos_disasters","pos_diseases","pos_disney_fxfargo","pos_ey","pos_facebook_safety","pos_hermes","pos_ibm","pos_mobkoi","pos_septembereleven","an_bankofamerica_negative","an_facebook_safe","an_fidelity_safe","an_jpmc_safe","an_volvo_safe","ap_alfaromeo_safe","ap_bankofamerica_safe","ap_citi_hurricanes","ap_citi_naacp_safe","ap_citi_sex_safe","ap_citi_transportation_safe","ap_facebook_infeed_safe","ap_facebook_safe","ap_fidelity_safe","ap_gwp","ap_jpmc_safe","ap_netflix_israeli_safe","ap_texas_shooting_safe","ap_volvo_safe","general_safe_gv","gs_politics_american","neg_apple_2","neg_att","an_ms_negative","ap_reddead_news","neg_apple_1","an_apple_negative","gs_politics_misc","ap_penguin_books"],"__typename":"Grapeshot"},"advertisingInfo":{"disableHouseAd":false,"__typename":"AdvertisingInfo"}}}

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