Push Back Against WashPost’s Unhealthy Coverage
June 29th, 2009 by 2CDC
email from MediaMatters, 6/29/09
Dear Friend,
Given the importance and complexity of health care reform, it is critical that media report on the subject fairly and accurately. Unfortunately, a recent front-page article in the Washington Post by reporter Ceci Connolly failed on both counts.
In the June 28 article, Connolly, quoting Change Congress’ interim executive director Adam Green, wrote the following:
Green, in an interview, was hard-pressed to articulate a substantive argument for the public plan but said that it “has become a proxy for the question of Democrats who stand on principle and represent their constituents.”
Connolly’s assertion was deeply flawed and misleading. Read the rest of this entry »
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