Comments on: Fox Still Leads in Misinforming Viewers http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/08/21/fox-still-leads-in-misinforming-viewers/ The national media watch group Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:31:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: August 2009 « Questionable Content http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/08/21/fox-still-leads-in-misinforming-viewers/comment-page-1/#comment-39512 August 2009 « Questionable Content Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:45:17 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=12321#comment-39512 [...] http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/08/21/fox-still-leads-in-misinforming-viewers/ 8/20 [...] [...] http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/08/21/fox-still-leads-in-misinforming-viewers/ 8/20 [...]

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]]> By: Olmon http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/08/21/fox-still-leads-in-misinforming-viewers/comment-page-1/#comment-8716 Olmon Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:51:23 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=12321#comment-8716 I quit watching Fox News a long time ago - - In fact, I go to online news from outside the US most of the time. Not much of the media in the US is interested in presenting either a balanced or comprehensive view of affairs in this country or globally either. I quit watching Fox News a long time ago – - In fact, I go to online news from outside the US most of the time. Not much of the media in the US is interested in presenting either a balanced or comprehensive view of affairs in this country or globally either.

]]> By: Doug Latimer http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/08/21/fox-still-leads-in-misinforming-viewers/comment-page-1/#comment-8715 Doug Latimer Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:51:09 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=12321#comment-8715 Can you tell me why so much time is spent on defending this godawful "reform" from false charges as to what it does do, and so little on castigating it for what it *doesn't* do? Shouldn't that be the focus for folks who give a damn about true universal healthcare? As for these lies - isn't there a case to be made for wishing they weren't? Is "gummint takeover" a bad thing? It seems to work pretty well with the NHS for the Brits, doesn't it? I'm sure it ain't Jesus on a stick, but it's got what we have - and what we'll get through "reform" - beat by a mile, doesn't it? Abortions? Aren't many abortions medically necessary? Why shouldn't they be covered? The undocumented? Aren't the vast majority of "illegal immigrants" here because of what US corps and foreign and economic policy have done to their countries? How do they get their health needs taken care of? I don't pretend to have all the answers on these. I just think they're legitimate questions to ask, and treating them the same as the obscene lies about death panels isn't what I'd call "progressive", would you? Can you tell me why so much time is spent on defending this godawful "reform" from false charges as to what it does do, and so little on castigating it for what it *doesn't* do?

Shouldn't that be the focus for folks who give a damn about true universal healthcare?

As for these lies – isn't there a case to be made for wishing they weren't? Is "gummint takeover" a bad thing? It seems to work pretty well with the NHS for the Brits, doesn't it? I'm sure it ain't Jesus on a stick, but it's got what we have – and what we'll get through "reform" – beat by a mile, doesn't it?

Abortions? Aren't many abortions medically necessary? Why shouldn't they be covered?

The undocumented? Aren't the vast majority of "illegal immigrants" here because of what US corps and foreign and economic policy have done to their countries? How do they get their health needs taken care of?

I don't pretend to have all the answers on these. I just think they're legitimate questions to ask, and treating them the same as the obscene lies about death panels isn't what I'd call "progressive", would you?

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