WaPo Lays Blame for 'Unhealthy' Healthcare Debate
08/10/2009 by Peter HartThe Washington Post editorial page weighed in on the troubling scenes from congressional "town hall" healthcare discussions, where angry right-wing protesters have shouted down politicians, threatened violence, compared Barack Obama to Adolph Hitler and so on. As the Post's subhead put it (perhaps too kindly), "Rhetoric and distortion imperil the opportunity to fix the American healthcare system."
Don't worry--the paper names names at the end. The first graph takes aim at "Republican lawmakers and conservative activists have fanned the flames of uninformed opposition." But the next three paragraphs are directed at the White House and Democrats for "vilifying the health-insurance industry," overstating the profit margins of the insurance industry (they're extremely profitable, but not making "record profits," as Obama had claimed), and promising too much to everyone.
In other words, judged by the amount of time spent assigning blame, the Post believes that Democrats and the White House are roughly three times as guilty as their Republican and conservative counterparts. Apparently, at the Post, comparing someone to a Nazi is less offensive than saying health insurers make too much money.
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August 15th, 2009 at 1:53 am
i haven been reading your blog for some time now and i like a lot of your story's, but lately i have been upset with your person bias stepping into play and not reporting fairly, and thus i must say im through with your reports. just to point out the latest is this article, you claim to be non-bais and report the news well then you claim the Washington post is implying this or that, its solely your own opinion thats what there saying. you view through how you see life makes it mean this to you, yet others it dosint mean that. Im sick of all these media sites claiming to be fair and balanced and they are not. Stop this claim were fair and then through your own thoughts and what some really ment when they didnt say that! sorry i been visiting the site for awhile(and first time ive ever posted a comment as well, since i never post comments anywhere) ill check back in several month to check to see if either you removed your were not bias and fair to all from your website or really walk the walk
August 16th, 2009 at 5:12 am
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