“ The media’s role has been nothing less than shameful: the overcoverage of the minority party’s opposition with little skeptical treatment of its failed policies and laughable proposals; the fetish over the deficit after ignoring it for eight years, and no insight into the costs of doing nothing to provide universal healthcare, to address global warming, etc. While costs have gained the spotlight, the media have been water-carriers for the well-financed lies of the industry and Republicans. There has been little reporting on the damage the healthcare status quo causes to real people every day; the enormous profits this gamed system generates for the insurance industry; the huge amount big pharma spends on marketing, not research; the truth about the superior healthcare in most other advanced nations, especially Canada. With the nation facing unprecedented challenges, the electronic media frets over the president’s birth certificate. However craven, bought or silly, the media have terrified the already spineless Democrats.
Rogue Columnist (via azspot:apsies)
