Monday, December 2, 2019

Corporate media's war on progressives

Another article supporting this obvious truth. See the link for more examples.

"The Washington Post, owned by one of the world’s richest people Jeff Bezos, has routinely spun Medicare for All as some sort of government takeover. In a prominent Nov. 30 news story that largely attributed Warren’s recent dip in polls to her positioning on healthcare, the Post matter-of-factly—and falsely—referred to Medicare for All as 'government-run healthcare' and 'a government-run health plan.'"

"Such pervasive mass-media reporting smoothed the way for deceptions that have elevated Pete Buttigieg in polls during recent weeks with his deceptive 'Medicare for All Who Want It' slogan. That rhetoric springboards from the false premises that Medicare for All would deprive people of meaningful choice and would somehow reduce coverage.

"In late September, with scant media scrutiny, Buttigieg launched an ad campaign against Medicare for All that has continued. Using insurance-industry talking points, he is deliberately confusing the current 'choice' of predatory for-profit insurance plans with the genuine full choice of healthcare providers that top-quality Medicare for everyone would offer."

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