Friday, March 16, 2012

3 major networks refuse to report CBO announcement that ObamaCare will cost double what Obama said it would

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3/15/12, "MSM Ignores CBO Report on Doubled Obamacare Costs," Breitbart Big Journalism, Derek Hunter

"We all know network nightly newscasts are bad, but just how bad are they?

The Congressional Budget Office released new cost estimates for Obamacare and, surprise, surprise, they’re about double what they said they would be
when Democrats arm-twisted, bribed and lied the bill into law. Ten-year estimates increased from $940 billion to $1.76 trillion, not exactly chump change.

You’d think that would be “news,” right? I forced myself to watch all three to see and … nope.

The near doubling of cost of Obamacare didn’t get a single mention on any of the three network nightly newscasts. Not a peep.

So what did the “Big Three” cover? Below is a breakdown of each of the shows by topic in the order they were covered.


ABC World News with Diane Sawyer – Stock market rally, “economy is heating up!” Warm winter is boosting the economy. Bill Austan Goolsbee, identified simply as an “economics professor,” not former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers for President Obama. Allergies due to early blooming plants. Floods in Louisiana. Delta plane slid off runway in Atlanta. Primaries in Alabama and Mississippi. Afghanistan massacre. Stores facing theft of Tide laundry detergent. Which city is the most and least “hopeful?" A story on the President’s dog Bo running behind a Univision report. Jaycee Dugard interview.

NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams – Afghanistan massacre. Primary elections. Voter ID laws. “Spring fever,” about the warm weather. Stock market numbers. A story in Ft. Lewis, home base of the Afghan shooter. A story on the Encyclopedia Britannica ending their print form. Delta plane going off the runway. Homeless wifi hotspots at SXSW ending. Bo the President’s dog “photo-bombing” Univision. “Making a difference” segment on a 100-year-old teacher still teaching.

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley – The stock market, “look how far the Dow has come.” Bank “stress test” results. Afghanistan massacre. Southern primaries. Floods in Louisiana. Federal government refusing the request for Harrisburg, Il to be declared a “disaster area” by FEMA. Mobster Whitey Bulger may have written 2 autobiographies. Arrest in UK phone hacking scandal. Delta plane goes off runway. A young boy who lost 85 pounds and inspired his family and friends to exercise.

That’s it, that’s everything they coveredever-rising gas prices, but only in the context of the primaries, nothing about Vice-President Biden saying Republicans don’t understand the middle class while dining “on grass-fed New York strip steaks and white truffle mashed potatoes” at a minimum $10,000 per couple dinner, or the White House pulling back yet again on their transparency pledge.

But we do know Bo the dog ran through the background of a live shot on Univision, so there’s that.

There’s bias through spin, and there’s bias through omission. The “Big Three” are certainly guilty of both."

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Commenter to Breitbart article relates how ObamaCare has already harmed him:

"My health insurance premiums became Un-Affordable when ObamaCare was passed by Congress in 2009. As a retiree living on a modest fixed income, I was happy with my Blue Cross medical insurance in 2007-2008. My month-to-month living expenses included rent, utilities, fuel, and my monthly medical insurance premium of $150 per month. This all changed when I had a financial crisis in 2008 and had to drop my medical insurance coverage to make ends meet. Well, I weathered the personal financial storm, and in December of 2009, I went back to Blue Cross to restart my medical insurance. I was informed that Blue Cross no longer offered the insurance coverage I had in 2007. Instead, I would have to wait for new policy options, because of "new ObamaCare regulations." I was told to wait until 2010 when Blue Cross might have something for me that was in compliance with the new federal regulations. In February 2010 I had a nasty surprise. Premiums for what I had in 2007 had tripled to over $400 per month! $400 per month for 12 months is $4,800.00 nearly $5,000 per year. When I was working I had options. Now, on my retirement income, I cannot afford such an added expense. Since ObamaCare took effect in 2009 I have been unable to afford medical insurance. I have been locked out of the health care system because of ObamaCare. And, NO I am not old enough to get social security or medicare or whatever. Nor do I want them. I want to pay for my own medical care, and get good quality treatment at a reasonable cost

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