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It is largely perceived by the papers as a sign of distress in the Gore campaign, which the NYT calls "lagging" and the Post calls "troubled"--references to a fund crunch and Bill Bradley's much improved polls.
4. Credit crunch.
An article doubts that new Los Angeles Times publisher Mark Willes (a k a "Cap'n Crunch") is as dangerous as critics fear.
Chatterbox doesn't expect Captain Crunch and his minions to understand journalism; but don't they understand how to make a buck?
Critics, such as Harvard economist Jeffrey Sachs, say that the government's efforts to satisfy the IMF--by reducing the budget deficit and jacking up interest rates to defend the ruble--have worsened the crisis, deepening the credit crunch and cooling growth.