Cato's health care expert Cannon weighs in on reconciliation -stay classy, cato!

[babylonsister]

:wow: Stay classy.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201003040027

From a March 4 post on Twitter by Michael F. Cannon, Director of Health Care Policy Studies at the Cato Institute:



The post was also listed by the Cato Institute itself:



Cannon replaced the original post with this edited version, before deleting it altogether:

[Mz Pip]

1. Wow

That was classy. :eyes:

And now it's all over the Internet. What a douche.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

2. Crude --

but true.

[babylonsister]

3. Cato president "very disappointed by this embarrassing display of immaturity"...

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201003040059

Cato president "very disappointed by this embarrassing display of immaturity" in Cannon's Twitter post

March 04, 2010 7:41 pm ET by Media Matters staff

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Ed Crane, president and founder of Cato, told POLITICO through a spokeswoman: "We are very disappointed by this embarrassing display of immaturity on Michael Cannon's part."

When asked if Cannon had been reprimanded, the spokeswoman said she wasn't at liberty to say.

An e-mail was sent to staff Thursday afternoon, stating: Twitter and Facebook are "great tools to reach both the media and the public directly, but something to keep in mind: If you identify yourself with your Cato title or link to your research on Cato's site, anything you post on those platforms does reflect on Cato and many of the people who read your posts will assume you are speaking in your capacity as a Cato staffer. As such, if you choose to use your Cato affiliation on any of your social networking sites, you must keep your posts professional. Rule of thumb: If you don't know how to justify your post to Ed, don't post it."