Rachel Maddow Mocks Medicare Demagoguery After Engaging In It

Jack Coleman
May 25th, 2011 8:32 PM
The potential for over-the-top advertising from Democrats to defend Medicare is definitely there, Rachel Maddow told her MSNBC audience Monday. She should know, since her show of late is little more than a Medicare commercial for Democrats. As she talked about the next day's special election in New York's 26th House district, Maddow described Jim Martin, chairman of the 60 Plus advocacy…
 

Nets Claim GOP Plan for 'Deep Cuts' in Medicare Led to 'Seismic' Dem W

Kyle Drennen
May 25th, 2011 11:53 AM
All three network morning shows on Wednesday cheered Democrat Kathy Hochul winning the special election in New York's 26th congressional district and framed the outcome as a rejection of Republican plans to reform Medicare. On NBC's Today, news reporter Ann Curry proclaimed: "The race hinged on Hochul's opposition to a Republican-led plan to make deep cuts in Medicare." [Audio available here…
 

Media Pushing False Notion Dem Victory in NY Race Would Mean Rejection

Lachlan Markay
May 24th, 2011 10:46 AM
Many in the press are gearing up to present today's special election in New York's 26th Congressional District as a referendum on Republican budget proposals and plans to reform entitlement programs. MSNBC's website collected examples of such claims from numerous news outlets, including the Associated Press, Roll Call, the Hill, and a pair of local newspapers. Left-wing news outfits such as…
 

Rachel Maddow's Criticism of GOP Medicare Overhaul Feebly Limited to W

Jack Coleman
May 20th, 2011 8:59 PM
Wow, talk about digging deep. Then again, Rachel Maddow's critique of Congressman Paul Ryan's proposed reform of Medicare did extend beyond the word "kill." It also included the words "killed" and "killing." Just how the GOP plan does this Maddow didn't say on her MSNBC show last night, what with inconvenient facts lying in wait to undermine her allegation of homicide. She decided…