Anti-Dem Propaganda Watch #19 - "Obama faults himself for not selling health law" - Substance???

[TomCADem]

This entire article ignores the President Obama's comments, focuses on one off-hand remark, and simply repeats Republican talking points without a discussion of the substance of health care reform. Why doesn't the American public know what is in health care reform?

Its because even when the President talks about it, the media absolutely refuses to report on his remarks, and invents a fake narrative.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100922/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_health_overhaul

The White House gathered patients from around the country who have benefited from the measure, and the president rolled up his sleeves to address them Wednesday in a sunny Virginia backyard, highlighting changes that take effect at the six-month mark on Thursday. These include a ban on lifetime coverage limits, as well as free coverage for preventive care and immunizations. Young adults will be able to stay on their parents' plans until they turn 26, and kids with pre-existing health conditions won't be denied coverage.

"We just got to give people some basic peace of mind," the president said,

"I thank you from the bottom of my heart," Norma Byrne of Vineland, N.J., told the president, explaining she was benefiting from the law's provisions that are closing a Medicare coverage gap for prescription drugs.

But such gratitude isn't the norm.

A new Associated Press poll finds high levels of misunderstanding about what's actually in the law, and more people opposed than in support. And with crucial midterm elections six weeks away, the only Democrats running ads about the historic legislation are the ones who voted "no."

"The six-month anniversary of ObamaCare will be a lonely one for President Obama and congressional Democrats," Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said Wednesday. "The president's plan was unpopular when it was passed in March, and today the wholesale takeover of the American health care system is undeniably radioactive."

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Obama ruefully told his listeners, "Sometimes I fault myself for not being able to make the case more clearly to the country."

Yes, despite the President discussing the benefits of health care, this story manages to ignore those comments, and focus on an out of context statement by the President.

[TomCADem]

1. For comparison, Here Is A Story That Actually Discusses The Event

Here is a story that actually discusses what happened at the event, rather than pushing the right wing narrative.

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-09-22/story/jacksonville-family-spotlighted-obama-health-event

A Jacksonville mother stepped into the national media spotlight Wednesday to help the White House tout consumer-friendly provisions created by the federal health reform legislation.

At a noon event nestled in a leafy suburb of Washington, President Barack Obama boasted about the new consumer perks that go into effect today. Those provisions include allowing adult children to remain on their parents' insurance until age 26 and prohibiting insurance companies from denying policies to children who have pre-existing conditions.

Dawn Josephson, an East Arlington woman who makes a living as an editor and ghost writer, was the first to speak after the president's remarks. Seated in the front row at a small gathering - by presidential standards - she spoke of her surprise last spring when she learned her new insurance company would fully cover her 4-year-old son.

The boy, named Wesley, had eye muscle surgery during the previous year. But the company's representative assured Josephson that policies could no longer exclude children because of pre-existing conditions.