CNN Reignites The Death Panel Myth & Sparks My "Network" Moment

[Joanne98]

When will we change the course of corporate media? When will sane Americans take media to task? Can't we end this media madness before the fabric of our society irreversibly tears?

Across America people suffer end-of-life illness. They agonize in pain. They agonize in fear. They're in drug induced stupors. Modest people soil themselves in front of friends and family. They avert their eyes in shame. They lose and regain consciousness. They welcome the unconscious moments that shield them from feelings of helplessness and burdening those they love.

This is no way to live. This is no way to die.

Throughout the recent debate on the health care bill, the media - in particular cable TV and talk radio - inflamed the rhetoric on the bill; on the bill's size, its number of pages, its fiscal impact, its social impact, excluding abortion, surviving death panels...

DEATH PANELS?!


The bill had no death panels. There was simply a plan to consult a doctor every five years for end-of-life planning. That was it. Sensitive, helpful, humane, necessary, professional end-of-life planning to comfort and protect the dying and guide their families through a difficult time.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/CNN-Reignites-The-Death-Pa-by-Linda-Milazzo-101229-896.html

[Historic NY]

1. Its really sad, bit I wish they had to experience what people have to go through...

when Dr's don't give you the straight scoop, you hope against hope, knowing that what they are saying really isn't even what they (the Dr's) actually believe. I rather them say it then dance in circles making people believe they are going to get better. Sad we have to pay them for
bedside manners but thats exactly what end of life planning or counseling is. It nice to know to at least think about other complications & legal issues (estates & finances) before its to late and lawyers eat it up. I've been through it, the Dr. was very vague but when they say Hospice you know...you know, they don't have an answer any more. It was worth having them come in to make the final days & hours ones of quality. The last few years with aging relatives and other friends after having the experiences I can relate to them. Some of them seem stubborn about using Hospice or counseling but I've told them it helps, it really does. I've been thanked and its nice to know you have backup thats is paid for , some people just don't know. What is sad is the BS the media spews, it does every family a disservice.

[Doctor_J]

2. Things will change in Big media

when there are some serious repercussions for their lying, hatred, and partisanship. They are beyond the law, so the repercussions about which I speak will not come from the courts.