Hello gloomy Tuesday! What would lift your gloom? How about an open thread?
David Gregory thinks fact-checking is for the little people:
Critics say that kind of truth telling rarely happens on television. But David Gregory, the moderator of “Meet the Press” on NBC, said that accountability is “in the DNA” of his program. He said he had considered Mr. Rosen’s idea but concluded that people can fact check the program on their own online.
David Gregory is Exhibit A of everything that is wrong with the traditional media. This Week‘s first fact-check is up now.
Compassionate conservatism strikes again!
Democratic policymakers corrected this, and even many Republicans have said they have no intention of reversing course on this. Missouri’s Roy Blunt (R), however, has a unique approach to the issue. Here’s what he told an ABC affiliate in Missouri last week:
“Access for kids who have pre-existing conditions, who would be against that?” the House Republican said. “But access for adults, who have done nothing to take care of themselves, who actually will have, as I’ve just described, every incentive not to get insurance until the day that you know that you’re going to have medical expenses, that’s, that’s a very different kind of story.”
In case you think Blunt is some random Republican (he’s running for the MO-Sen seat), Steve Benen reminds us:
Keep in mind, Blunt isn’t some random back-bencher — he’s the chair of the House Republicans’ Health Care Task Force.
Remember Alan Grayson – the GOP plan is don’t get sick and if you get sick, die quickly – doesn’t seem that far off does it? Newer GOP slogan: if you’re sick it’s your own damn fault.