Health Care Rationing Czar Runs from Reporter
11/18/10
A classic Fox News Network technique: report information out of context to create fear among a conservative audience. In this case the headline is suggesting that Dr. Donald Berwick, head of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is actually running away from an innocent reporter to escape revealing any “secret” information regarding Obama health care legislation. After watching the video and reading the accompanying news blurb, it appears that Dr. Berwick had made a remark regarding the redistribution of wealth to create a “just” and “humane” health care funding plan in 2008. The reporter was insistently asking misleading questions regarding that statement.
The redistribution of wealth comment was made two years ago and was distinctly Dr. Berwick’s opinion; it does not have any bearing on the current health care legislation. With this headline, Fox News was specifically targeting an audience that reacts vehemently to the thought of the redistribution of wealth in this country. This is the same type of outlandish reporting used by Hearst and Pulitzer to sell their newspapers to people before the Spanish American war. It was clear that Dr. Berwick was on his way to a meeting and the reporter was badgering him with questions as he walked to his destination. Dr. Berwick was not running anywhere from anyone.
The headline did elicit these comments, which were posted below the story:
If czars don't make policy, why are they testifying on Capitol Hill? This whole thing is a scam and an end-around to get away with having radical communists and socialists put in positions of power where they can do permanent damage to our country's interests in favor of furthering the "cause" of true world socialism and the dictatorship of the ruling-class in our time.”
Defund, then repeal, end of story! Berwick can go to hades along with the rest of Obama's marxist pals.
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We the People are awake and will fight to restore our Republic.
I think it would be a very bad decision if they decide to pull the plug on my parents simply because they made the choice. This decision is not up to them.
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