Saturday, August 15, 2009

More Mainstream Media Outlets Wake Up To Lying Right-Wing Healthcare Attacks And Those Funding Them

I'm glad that some in the media are finally waking up to the barrage of lies and baseless personal attacks that have been made against President Obama's healthcare proposal.
As I was checking out Daily Kos this morning, I was happy to see a diary that explained how it's no longer just Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow that are exposing the right-wing lies and those who are propagating them in the mainstream media.
The article cited in the Daily Kos diary couldn't have been more direct:
Much of the money and strategy behind the so-called grassroots groups organizing opposition to the Democrats' health care plans comes from conservative political consultants, professional organizers and millionaires, some of whom hold financial stakes in the outcome.

From reading the rest of the McClatchy story, these folks fighting the Obama plan sure aren't the average folks that they're selling themselves as.
As a point of review, let's take just one of those mentioned as opponents of the Obama plan-- Rick Scott.
Here's the excellent Think Progress piece explaining who Rick Scott is:

And here's Rick Scott having problems giving straight-forward answers to the queries of CNN's Rick Sanchez:

There's still some time left before Congress reconvenes to consider the president's proposal, but as the time draws near, I'm glad to see so many fighting back against the right-wing lies and more folks in the mainstream media exposing the lies for what they are and those who are propagating them.

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