[Al B.]

Cry me a river, Howard.

[OCC]

On Aug. 13, the Senate Finance Committee pulled the plug on the provision

They killed the death panel provision?

[okie01]

There are about five absurd statements in Kurtz's piece. It's rather obvious Howie relies the media reports rather than read the bill or speak to a protester himself.

But one was especially juicy:

Beck's charge (of racism) was so incendiary -- and bizarre, considering that Obama's mother was white...

Has Howie not heard? Obama dissed his own grandmother for being white. His recitation on his audio books takes on a different, more menacing tone when he speaks of white people. Recall the obvious rush to judgment against a white policeman. Not to mention, Howie, that Obama's mother hated white people, too.

The liberal media is not just biased. They're terminally stupid.

[uncommonsense]

Cost cutting, health plans approved by gov, mandatory coverage, electronic access to health records, access to bank accounts, mandatory enrollment in gov plan if between jobs - prohibiting private plan enrollment, hiring medical “ethicists”, excluding unions, medicare and SS underfunded by $100 trillion, requiring vets to pay for their combat injuries (from another plan) - connect the dots dolts...

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Kurtz is desperately trying to rationalize how an ex-Governor who supposedly was finished completely turned the healthcare debate upside-down and put the Zero administration on its heels.

If conservatives want to win, then we need to start being passionate and inject some emotion in the debate.

[sionnsar]

"Journalists, Left Out of The Debate"

Journalists have long since proved themselves to be nothing but biased shills.

Lower than used-car salesmen and congresscritters. (I have one example of each of these categories as trustworthy folks.)

If they end up unemployed, I will cheer. They spent decades trashing their professionalism -- let the liars rot. In government Projects.

There they will be among their own ilk.

[Rocky]

Will Obamacare pay for a lobotomy for Kurtz?

[kcvl]

they (media) have had trouble influencing public opinion

No kidding! And what is wrong with that?! YOU (media) shouldn't be able to INFLUENCE PUBLIC OPINION. You should REPORT THE FACTS and let people decide!

[Clint Williams]

What do you call a "journalist" with his camera smashed on the street in front of him?

One heck of a good start!

[muawiyah]

We all hope and prey that Kurz gets his eyesight back in time to read the bill someday.

[redk]

Oh jeepers. She's using Alinsky tactics on them and want to cry foul. Boo Hoo.

[The Wizard]

they were NOT debunked...you slimy bug.

[Don Corleone]

Don’t any of the so called journalists have families? Don’t they have babies, grandparents, special needs relatives? They must be able to at least realize that they themselves and their spouses will one day fall under Emmanuel’s quota system for health care. Good Lord. Wake up people!

[martin_fierro]

For once, mainstream journalists did not retreat to the studied neutrality of quoting dueling antagonists.

Do you believe this guy...?

[Zevonismymuse]

The press continues to mis-characterize the opposition to HR 3200 as angry, misinformed bussed in shills for the special interest groups like the insurance lobby and big Pharma, repeating silly chants instead of addressing our concerns in a serious fashion when actually the opposite is true.

When a bunch of us decided to protest Rep. Lois Capps office when she refused to hold a Town Hall meeting about health care legislation, we were greeted by thugs wearing matching T-Shirts and carrying mostly matching printed signs. We were just a bunch of folks who met during the Tax Day Tea Party and we circulated an email about our plans to meet in front of Rep. Capps office. The America Works folks, PUEBLO, SEUI folks, SB Action group, etc showed up early and took the corners and tried to intimidate average citizens from coming to ask questions about the bill. We still had a great showing and I was especially impressed by the young people who showed up in support of Freedom. Here is my favorite video from the Freedom Rally but there were many people who read from the bill and asked intelligent questions while the ACORNERS chanted "What do we want?" and then "When do we want it?". It was absolutely ignorant and childish.

Here is my favorite clip from a young man named Justin Tevis who is running for Santa Barbara City Council. He is a very well educated young man with a degree in International Studies and History from Claremont. He has also studied abroad in Chile and Israel. He is a very bright and passionate young man.

Twenty-Something Justin Tevis passionately expresses his love of the Free Market

[kcvl]

Senators exclude end-of-life provision from bill

Thu Aug 13, 1:55 pm ET

WASHINGTON – Key senators are excluding a provision on end-of-life care from health overhaul legislation after language in a House bill caused a furor.

Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, said in a statement Thursday that the provision had been dropped from consideration because it could be misinterpreted or implemented incorrectly.

A health care bill passed by three House committees allows Medicare to reimburse doctors for voluntary counseling sessions about end-of-life decisions. But critics have claimed the provision could lead to death panels and euthanasia for seniors.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090813/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_end_of_life_2

[Mariner]

"For all the sound and fury, news organizations have labored to explain the intricacies of the competing blueprints. "NBC Nightly News" ran a piece examining how Obama's public health-insurance option would work. ABC's "World News " did a fact check on the end-of-life provision in the bill. "CBS Evening News" highlighted problems with the current system by interviewing some of the 1,500 people waiting at a free makeshift clinic in Los Angeles. Time ran a cover story on health care, titled "Paging Dr. Obama." And major newspapers have been filled with articles examining the nitty-gritty details. Those who say the media haven't dug into the details aren't looking very hard".

And there we have it. The MSM has lost control...and they know it.

[popdonnelly]

Our so-called journalists are inept. What else is new?

[Cicero]

The Washington Post mentioned the phrase 18 times, the New York Times 16 times, and network and cable news at least 154 times

And virtually every one of these mentions was an effort to attack Sarah Palin and tell her "to quit making things up." How'd that work out, eh, you effete left wing snobs? Who do people think is lying: Sarah, or Obama and his presstitutes?

Now Howie Kurtz has decided to attack Sarah for the 189th time, if his numbers are correct. Some people never learn.

[jocon307]

You forgot the barf alert on this. And Howard Kurtz has really missed the story on this. Let me re-write his article for him.

The Mainstream media, despite strenuous effort, has not been able to hide from the public the evil and utilitarian intents of Pres. Obama’s plans for “health care reform”. The American people, with no help at all from our constitutionally mandated free press has finally seen through the lies and the bluster of the big O. What the heck are we losers in the MSM going to do for the next 3 1/2 years?