Jarhead
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So...where is the evidence of major media and major political party on the other side doing the same?
I've got one.
"From: Sammon, Bill
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 8:23 AM
To: 054 -FNSunday; 169 -SPECIAL REPORT; 069 -Politics; 030 -Root (FoxNews.Com); 036 -FOX.WHU; 050 -Senior Producers; 051 -Producers
Subject: friendly reminder: let's not slip back into calling it the "public option"
1) Please use the term "government-run health insurance" or, when brevity is a concern, "government option," whenever possible.
2) When it is necessary to use the term "public option" (which is, after all, firmly ensconced in the nation's lexicon), use the qualifier "so-called," as in "the so-called public option."
3) Here's another way to phrase it: "The public option, which is the government-run plan."
4) When newsmakers and sources use the term "public option" in our stories, there's not a lot we can do about it, since quotes are of course sacrosanct."
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Seems he did the right thing.
You see...NBC news reported it the way the White House wanted them to report it.
Seems Sammon wanted his team to report it without the WH spin...and call it what it was so the listeners were better informed.
You see it as a bad thing.
I see it as proper reporting.
Afterall..it WAS a government run plan...and the people deserved to know it.
Public option does not describe it properly...AT ALL.