ObamaCare on trial - The media still selling socialism

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Brent Bozell, President alert@mrcaction.org via winwithuprising.com

3:15 PM (1 hour ago)

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From the Desk of:
L. Brent Bozell, III, President
Media Research Center

March 27, 2012

Dear Jack,
It has been two years since the passage of Obamacare—one of the most intrusive, expensive, and liberty-stifling pieces of legislation in the history of our republic.

Click here to see most egregious Pro-Obamacare media moments

Throughout the backroom deals and months-long White House propaganda campaign which preceded the signing ceremony, the left-wing media served as the Administration’s unwavering henchmen, bludgeoning any American who dared to question the wisdom of socializing one-sixth of the U.S. economy at a time of economic woes and a national debt spiraling out of control.
The so-called “news” media unapologetically carried water for the White House, lying to the American people about the consequences of socialized medicine.
Two years later, every promise the media and the Obama Administration made about Obamacare—that it would make healthcare cheaper without increasing taxes or deficits, that you could keep your doctor, that businesses would not be hit with crippling regulations and taxes—has been broken.
That bears repeating. Every promise the Left and their allies in the media made about Obamacare has been exposed as a glaring, boldface lie.
And while patriotic conservative Americans—who put up a worthy, but ultimately unsuccessful fight to prevent Obamacare from becoming law—have been vindicated, the media continue to shamelessly lie to the American people.
Just last week, the Congressional Budget Office found that Obamacare will actually cost $1.76 trillion—far in excess of the original $938 billion price tag. CBO predictions are notoriously low-balled, and Congressional Republicans estimate that the total cost would actually be closer to $2.6 trillion. CBO also said that Obamacare will cause millions of Americans to lose their employer-based health insurance—something that was vehemently denied by the Obama Administration and the media when Obamacare was debated.
Why do the media continue to lie about this massive oversight? Because they don’t care about the truth. Far from being impartial referees on the political battlefield, the liberal media are the chief propagandists for the American Left. They wanted socialized medicine, lied to the American people in order to get it, and now thatevery single aspect of Obamacare has been exposed as a massive fraud, the media refuse to take responsibility, soldiering on with their deception campaign.
Yet despite two years of glowing coverage and a comprehensive marketing campaign by the national media, the American people continue to reject the government takeover of the healthcare industry.
To “celebrate” the 2-year anniversary of the Obamacare debacle, the Media Research Center has compiled a list of the most egregious examples of pro-Obamacare media coverage.
As you will see, the scope and audacity of deceit is stunning. As the Supreme Court debates the constitutionality of certain aspects of the law, we can count on President Obama’s loyalists in media to continue misleading the American people and attacking conservative jurists who dare ask whether Congress has the Constitutional right to forceAmericans to buy a product they don’t want or need.
The liberal media pulled out all the stops to propagandize on behalf of the Obama Administration and the Radical Left. They covered up the bill’s costs and fraudulent accounting tactics, lied to seniors about cuts to Medicare, all while vilifying conservative opponents as heartless extremists.
The media’s shameful deception campaign has not worked. Polls show that Americans overwhelmingly disapprove of socialized medicine. Yet the media are relentless, and will continue to mislead and deceive.
That’s why we need every patriotic, conservative American to watch the shocking deception campaign orchestrated by the media.
After watching this shameful spectacle, I hope you will join us in the fight to hold the media accountable for continuing to sell Obamacare, and donate to our campaign to expose and vigorously counter the liberal media’s deception campaign.
Thank you for all that you have done and continue to do on behalf of neutralizing the liberal media and their assault on liberty.
Sincerely,