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porters can be just as unsparing
in their criticism, because of that
same sense of responsibility.)
I mean, if one of your key issues
is helping uninsured people get insurance, who are you going to turn
to, other than the local media? Let’s
recall that NBC White House correspondent Chuck Todd, speaking on
behalf of the national media, basically implied that providing nuts
and bolts information to the public
about Obamacare wasn’t their job.
Heck, on another occasion, Todd
implied that Obama was going to
have to personally expend “political capital” to properly correct the
public’s misconceptions on the debt
ceiling — presumably because all of
the teevee cameras and broadcast
technology at NBC’s disposal had
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IN ANGST
HUFFINGTON
12.08.13
If one of your key
issues is helping uninsured
people get insurance, who
are you going to turn to,
other than the local media?”
more important things to do.
So, yeah, I think that when you
want to help 10 cities full of uninsured people, and most of the reporters within a 10-block radius of
the White House are saying, “Hey,
man, we don’t really want to get
involved in that whole ‘helping
people’ thing,” your best bet is to
find some reporters who tell you,
“Oh yeah, we are still basically concerned about providing good consumer information to the people
who live in our communities.”
Just a crazy idea
I had, anyway.
Obama speaks
about the
importance
of affordable
healthcare at
Faneuil Hall
in Boston,
Mass., in
October.