ABC special - a White House Infomercial?

OneNewsNow ^ | 6/22/2009 | Pete Chagnon

[virtuous]

ABC will air the special from the White House during primetime on June 24. "Prescription for America," to be moderated by ABC News' Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer, will originate from the East Room and will feature the president explaining his plans for reforming the nation's healthcare system.

Officials with the network claim they will air opposing views, that the audience that will offer up questions for the president during the program will be made up of Americans "who have divergent opinions" in the debate on national healthcare.

However, critics think the network will basically be providing President Obama and Capitol Hill Democrats with a free infomercial to sell their healthcare plan to the American public.

Ron Greiner is with Save101.com, which sells and promotes affordable healthcare coupled with tax-free health savings accounts (HSAs). He wonders if ABC will follow through with their promise to air an alternative view to Obama's health plan.

"The center piece of Republican healthcare reform is individual health insurance, portable insurance, and tax-free health savings accounts," he explains. "And it's just been reported from Time Insurance Company -- America's oldest health insurance company -- that 40 percent of all [people with] HSAs had no previous health insurance. So it's clear that HSAs get uninsured Americans insurance."

Tax-free HSAs allow individuals to set aside money pre-tax, and at the end of the year those funds roll over with no penalties. Greiner believes linking that account with a health insurance plan that might have higher deductibles will allow people to purchase lower-cost health plans. With this plan, he says families can purchase health insurance for as little as $200 a month while building their savings account and generating wealth.

He adds that in Massachusetts, on which Democrats are basing the national healthcare model, healthcare costs some families as much as $1,000 per month -- and if families or individuals do not purchase the insurance, they face stiff fines.

According to a CNSNews.com report last week, ABC rejected an alternative healthcare ad submitted for airing during the primetime special on Wednesday. A network spokesman said at that time it was rejected because ABC does not accept "advocacy advertising."

[virtuous]

The White House and ABC News have teamed up to promote the monstrous government run, socialized healthcare package pushed by Obama.

[Always Right]

Yes, but it is a fair and balanced bj.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

SDX will crown ABC with a special award...

[Principled]

of course it is.

read any of ABC’s articles. they are so thick w/ bias - they’ve been in infomercial mode for a long time.

they just now are so myopic about it that they don’t recognize how the world views them.

what is it that is happening to one-sided “news” sources everywhere?.... something about profits and, more to the point, losses?

[TUX]

Three things needed to cram socializm down the throats of Americans.

A subservient media.
A subservient congress.
A head of the department of justice that will bless illegal actions.

President Zero has the trifecta.

[mnehring]

(modify for healthcare)

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[not2worry]

Well I am not happy about this, but I bet their are fewer watchers than any other program on the 900 channels available.

You got major league baseball, the NHL playoffs, prime-time high rated TV shows.

Fox needs air the 24 Movie and advertise the heck out of it!

There are ways to skin the cat but whose gonna do it?

We admire the youngsters in Iran
But no one here seems to give a Damn

[Oldeconomybuyer]

"Prescription for America"

[Damifino]

There was a show on the History Channel last night called “The Crumbling of America” - It was a two hour advertisement for the stimulus programs. PUKE

[paulycy]

[Pessimist]

Yup.

Saw that while flicking through the channels, and that’s what I thought too.

The history channel often does seem to have quite a liberal bias.

[3catsanadog]

I won’t be surprised to see NBC (GE) do a White House informercial on cap & trade when Obama decides it’s a bill that just has to be passed in the next 48 hours.

[Bookwoman]

Yup, the Infomercial President. Every time I turn on the news, there he is. It is getting so I don’t WANT to turn on the news.

[TNCMAXQ]

Maybe this isn’t such a big deal. Good Morning America is like a big 0bama love fest every day, and has been since the campaign days. It’s just ABC being ABC. Pathetic but that is the reality now.

[Mogollon]

Three things needed to cram socializm down the throats of Americans. A subservient media. A subservient congress. A head of the department of justice that will bless illegal actions.

They also need an acquiescent and unarmed public. That they don't have.

[DaveyB]

Tired of rising health costs?
Fed up with all those confusing forms?
Want that same quality health care that those illegals get for free?

Now you can with Obama's New Government health care - As seen on tv! Look for the hammer and sickle on the label and all your health concerns will be gone forever!

What do you think you would have to pay for free health care - Don't answer yet! Because if you order in the next 48 hours we will throw in a free euthanasia visit for your expensive aging parents and free genetic screening for your first two fetal developments with a money back guarantee that if those fetus' are not healthy and the desired gender you don't have to raise them at all - it's like those unwanted family members are going - going - gone!

With all this value you might expect to pay up to a thousand a month or more but with this special tv offer you pay nothing! That's right you pay nothing! With this limited time offer people with jobs who earn a bigger pay check than you will completely subsidize this offer for the first 3 months.

Now I know you are saying "Enough already - How do I get Free government health care?" Call this number on the bottom of screen and all this free health care can be your for 12 easy monthly payments annually of 100 billion dollars! Call now ACORN operators are standing by!

[Billthedrill]

Embarrassing. Pravdabc. They'll consider both sides of the question all right - Is the Dear Leader fantastic or merely incredible?

"Oh, sure, there will be people concerned about socializing medicine, but hey, you know what? We won!"

[bruno0182]

As we watch the Obama train wreck of 2009. I wounder if any of the baby boomer genaration feels guility for there hand in the complete errosion of Americas strengths. Those values that would have never let the current incompteance/ exist. The double standards, the propaganda media, the loss of journalists, and simple honor and integrity of an American citizen. Now we live in that pie in the sky kingdum that is quickly sinking under its own greed and moral failures at alarming speed.If you think global warming is a threat than Obama and his blind supporters of distruction to America is doomsday act one.

[Bookwoman]

It isn’t just ABC. I can’t even watch Fox.