70 Percent of ABC, CBS and NBC Coverage Promoted Obama's Huge Health Care Takeover

[Grim17]

Can't Blame Liberal Media for Health Bill Stall BMI Study: 70 Percent of ABC, CBS and NBC Coverage Promoted Obama's Huge Health Care Takeover
By: Rich Noyes and Julia Seymour
July 28, 2009 10:48 ET


Liberal hopes for a quick health care bill are in collapse, as Senate Democrats push any floor action off until the fall, a move House Democrats may match this week. But if the Obama White House is upset that their plans for a huge expansion of government health care have been delayed, they surely cannot complain about the media coverage.

Last week, a new study by the Media Research Center’s Business & Media Institute (BMI) found broadcast coverage during the first six months of 2009 tilted heavily in favor of Barack Obama’s big government plan. BMI’s analysts looked at 224 health care stories on the ABC, CBS and NBC morning and evening news shows from Obama’s January 20 inauguration through his June 24 prime time special on ABC.

Among the key findings:

# Fully 70% of soundbites (243 out of 347 total) supported Obama’s liberal health care ideas. Only nine percent of stories (21) suggested the total price tag for Obama’s “reform” would top $1 trillion.

# Reporters exaggerated the number of uninsured Americans. Omitting non-citizens, those capable of paying, or those eligible for assistance programs already in place, a reasonable figure would be between 8 million and 14 million uninsured, not the “50 million Americans” statistic BMI’s analysts found touted by the networks.

# The networks also spent virtually no time investigating states that had experimented with big government health schemes — just one story on how Massachusetts’ plan for mandatory health insurance is working out (costs are rising faster than expected), and no stories on Hawaii’s already-cancelled program to insure all children.

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Does this really surprise anyone?

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[tumbleweed]

Re: 70 Percent of ABC, CBS and NBC Coverage Promoted Obama's Huge Health Care Takeove

Does this really surprise anyone?

It doesn't surprise me, but neither do the claims being made about media bias.

I think the whole bias argument is a bit exaggerated to begin with. The pendulum of media bias has swung both ways since the 3 decades that I've been closely following politics, to the point I'm convinced there no way for it to please everyone anyway.

 

[formerroadie]

Re: 70 Percent of ABC, CBS and NBC Coverage Promoted Obama's Huge Health Care Takeove

Good for them. Promote the right thing for Americans! Promote Health Care reform!

 

[odanny]

Re: 70 Percent of ABC, CBS and NBC Coverage Promoted Obama's Huge Health Care Takeove

ABC, along with the MSM, has intentionally blocked any debate on the single payer option in health care reform. When ABC hosted a forum on the debate, Pres. Obama's doctor of 22 years was going, to specifically discuss the need for a single payer option. ABC disinvited him.

Conservatives are so caught up in the media's coverage of Obama they are oblivious to the actual debate.

There is an old saying about that: "Can't see the forest because of the trees"

 

[celticlord]

Re: 70 Percent of ABC, CBS and NBC Coverage Promoted Obama's Huge Health Care Takeove

Good for them. Promote the right thing for Americans! Promote Health Care reform!

Exactly. That means defeating Dear Leader's insane and destructive health care agenda.

It's one of those times when saying "no" is the positive thing to do.

 

[celticlord]

Re: 70 Percent of ABC, CBS and NBC Coverage Promoted Obama's Huge Health Care Takeove

ABC, along with the MSM, has intentionally blocked any debate on the single payer option in health care reform. When ABC hosted a forum on the debate, Pres. Obama's doctor of 22 years was going, to specifically discuss the need for a single payer option. ABC disinvited him.

Conservatives are so caught up in the media's coverage of Obama they are oblivious to the actual debate.

You're rather contradicting yourself here. You point to a specific example of media bias, then seemingly upbraid conservatives for obsessing about media bias.

 

[mpg]

Re: 70 Percent of ABC, CBS and NBC Coverage Promoted Obama's Huge Health Care Takeove

Good for them. Promote the right thing for Americans! Promote Health Care reform!

Does the concept of media bias completely escape you?

 

[Metternich]

Re: 70 Percent of ABC, CBS and NBC Coverage Promoted Obama's Huge Health Care Takeove

It's not bias if Obama can really walk on water.

 

[Alex]

Re: 70 Percent of ABC, CBS and NBC Coverage Promoted Obama's Huge Health Care Takeove

Then it seems that the more people learn about it, the more unpopular it becomes. Support for universal healthcare in falling, even after Obama's big televised press conference on it. Now-a-days, the more Obama talks, the less people like him and his policies.

 

[hiswoman]

Re: 70 Percent of ABC, CBS and NBC Coverage Promoted Obama's Huge Health Care Takeove

It's not bias if Obama can really walk on water.

Tru that. I think I'll just wait and see how well that works out them. opcorn2:

 

[celticlord]

Re: 70 Percent of ABC, CBS and NBC Coverage Promoted Obama's Huge Health Care Takeove

It's not bias if Obama can really walk on water.

It's not exactly a skill to be bragging about. Last guy who tried got hisself nailed up for his efforts.

 

[hazlnut]

Re: 70 Percent of ABC, CBS and NBC Coverage Promoted Obama's Huge Health Care Takeove

Does this really surprise anyone?

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That the MRC came up with those findings??

No, of course we're not surprised that a PARTISAN group came to that conclusion.

If they said the MSM was not biased whatsoever and reported objectively about the healthcare debate, then I'd be surprised.

Did Rush Limbaugh also say something negative about Obama too... ??:roll::roll:

 

[odanny]

Re: 70 Percent of ABC, CBS and NBC Coverage Promoted Obama's Huge Health Care Takeove

You're rather contradicting yourself here. You point to a specific example of media bias, then seemingly upbraid conservatives for obsessing about media bias.

I dont upbraid anyone, conservatives obsess about media bias for all the wrong reasons, because they feel the media is "liberal", it is not, it is conservative

 

[formerroadie]

Re: 70 Percent of ABC, CBS and NBC Coverage Promoted Obama's Huge Health Care Takeove

Exactly. That means defeating Dear Leader's insane and destructive health care agenda.

It's one of those times when saying "no" is the positive thing to do.

Killing the public option will sink us all into debt.

 

[celticlord]

Re: 70 Percent of ABC, CBS and NBC Coverage Promoted Obama's Huge Health Care Takeove

Killing the public option will sink us all into debt.

Keeping the public option will get us there ten times as fast. Why you in such a hurry to drown?

 

[DarkWizard12]

Re: 70 Percent of ABC, CBS and NBC Coverage Promoted Obama's Huge Health Care Takeove

I dont upbraid anyone, conservatives obsess about media bias for all the wrong reasons, because they feel the media is "liberal", it is not, it is conservative

wha...what? You're...you are really serious...

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!!!!! :rofl :spin: :rofl :spin:

 

[odanny]

Re: 70 Percent of ABC, CBS and NBC Coverage Promoted Obama's Huge Health Care Takeove

wha...what? You're...you are really serious...

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!!!!! :rofl :spin: :rofl :spin:

If you laugh then you think the media is "liberal"

Let me guess, you listen to the multitude of right wing voices in the media who tell you thats the case, right?

Thats what I thought

 

[DarkWizard12]

Re: 70 Percent of ABC, CBS and NBC Coverage Promoted Obama's Huge Health Care Takeove

If you laugh then you think the media is "liberal"

yes.

Let me guess, you listen to the multitude of right wing voices in the media who tell you thats the case, right?

Yes. I also watch many left-wing shows to. Want me to name some?

Thats what I thought

You thought wrong. You would have to be a blind bat to not be able to see the blatant liberal bias in the media.

 

[odanny]

Re: 70 Percent of ABC, CBS and NBC Coverage Promoted Obama's Huge Health Care Takeove

yes.

Yes. I also watch many left-wing shows to. Want me to name some?

You thought wrong. You would have to be a blind bat to not be able to see the blatant liberal bias in the media.

You're in the loop dude, the propaganda loop. It's as "liberal" as you like your propaganda/distractions to be. Otherwise, there is an absolutely blindingly ignorant right wing echo chamber blasting out disinformation 24/7.

Me thinks you, as well as about 80% of this country, listen to one or the other

 

[DarkWizard12]

Re: 70 Percent of ABC, CBS and NBC Coverage Promoted Obama's Huge Health Care Takeove

Otherwise, there is an absolutely blindingly ignorant right wing echo chamber blasting out disinformation 24/7.

You're in the loop dude, the propaganda loop. It's as "right-wing" as you like your propaganda/disinformation to be.

 

[American]

Re: 70 Percent of ABC, CBS and NBC Coverage Promoted Obama's Huge Health Care Takeove

Good for them. Promote the right thing for Americans! Promote Health Care reform!

Oh I thought they were supposed to be journalists, not cheerleaders. My bad.

 

[Councilman]

Re: 70 Percent of ABC, CBS and NBC Coverage Promoted Obama's Huge Health Care Takeove

It is no surprise that the Liberal Media backs anything Obama does to a point, however you have to wonder if they are so enamored by Obama's false Messiah persona they have lost the ability to read then to think. Anyone with only half a brain (which qualifies granola Liberals) can see that this so-called Health reform plan will lead to the destruction of our entire health care system and add to the further ruination of the economy. Having taken the time to do research on this kill granny plan most citizens that are conserned know more about this disastrous plan than the idiots that are going to cote on it in Washington, and the liberal media is no better.
Take some time and read parts of this stupid idea and you'll see that Obama who also has no darn idea what's in it is lying once again as is his record so far.
http://www.jeffhead.com/HC-HouseII.pdf

The media is supposed to be the watch dogs over the Government but today they are Obama's lap dogs with glazed over eyes.

 

[Lakryte]

Re: 70 Percent of ABC, CBS and NBC Coverage Promoted Obama's Huge Health Care Takeove

It's not bias if Obama can really walk on water.

He can. Look!
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