Gee, maybe there's a lesson in this?
October 26, 2009 12:20 pm ET by Jamison Foser
Washington Post reporter Perry Bacon, during an online Q&A today:
Perry Bacon Jr.: The public option shift was dramatic and in many ways, I don't quite know what happened. I think we may have misstated the strength of the opposition to the public option in the first place, but i think the members changed their view on this as well.
Well, that has been obvious for months. What Bacon doesn't address, and should, is why the media overstated the strength of the opposition to the public option. What could they do better the next time? Does this indicate they listen to the wrong "experts"?
It's not like there haven't been clear indications all along that the media was overstating the strength of opposition to the public option. Why didn't they pay attention? Bacon gave no indication that he's considering that question.
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Morons
That's 21st century journalism's idea of balance. They present "both sides" without any context of the numbers involved.
Their defense? "We present opposing views and let you decide."
Yeah, we get to decide based on the faulty information they present to us.
They listen to the plutocrats and big corporations who pay them.
We need modern day trust busting in the media, finance, defense, and health care industries.
Their misplaced, unchecked power is bringing this country to its knees.
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Because they listened to the nonsense from FoxNews et al and gave them more credibility than they deserved!
And this is the point that the White House has been making. They are trying to get the MSM to ignore the nonsense - to stop giving it credibility that's unwarranted!