Accused of lying about health care, Fox host … lies about health care
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Accused of lying about health care, Fox host … lies about health care - Raw Story »
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade bolstered on Monday Sarah Palin’s claim that health care reform would establish “death panels” to determine who deserves care and who deserves euthanasia.
Kilmeade’s assertion came during a discussion about an op-ed article written for USA Today by House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi and House Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD).
In that piece, Pelosi and Hoyer wrote:
It is now evident that an ugly campaign is underway not merely to misrepresent the health insurance reform legislation, but to disrupt public meetings and prevent members of Congress and constituents from conducting a civil dialogue.
These tactics have included hanging in effigy one Democratic member of Congress in Maryland and protesters holding a sign displaying a tombstone with the name of another congressman in Texas, where protesters also shouted “Just say no!” drowning out those who wanted to hold a substantive discussion.
These disruptions are occurring because opponents are afraid not just of differing views — but of the facts themselves. Drowning out opposing views is simply un-American.
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