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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFox's Obamacare Victims Aren't Victims At All
A recent Obamacare special on Fox News' Hannity illuminated the network's political bias, pattern of misinformation, and questionable use of anecdotal evidence, brought to light when a former adviser to Montana's governor fact-checked the special and found that not one of the show's guests--who lamented the horrors of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on air--had directly suffered from the law or even visited the insurance exchange. Hannity's reliance on guests who condemned Obamacare due to existing political bias demonstrates Fox News' habit of misinforming on the ACA and raises serious questions about the credibility of other guests that have recounted the "consequences" of the law.
On October 11, Fox News aired a Hannity special, which attempted to misinform on the ACA by hosting six guests who recounted their alleged "'Obamacare' horror stories." After watching the special, Eric Stern, former senior adviser to Governor Brian Schweitzer of Montana, tracked down the guests and found that not one of them had been negatively impacted by the new health care law. Stern detailed his investigation in an October 18 article for Salon:
First I spoke with Paul Cox of Leicester, N.C. He and his wife Michelle had lamented to Hannity that because of Obamacare, they can't grow their construction business and they have kept their employees below a certain number of hours, so that they are part-timers.
Obamacare has no effect on businesses with 49 employees or less. But in our brief conversation on the phone, Paul revealed that he has only four employees. Why the cutback on his workforce? "Well," he said, "I haven't been forced to do so, it's just that I've chosen to do so. I have to deal with increased costs." What costs? And how, I asked him, is any of it due to Obamacare? There was a long pause, after which he said he'd call me back. He never did.
Obamacare has no effect on businesses with 49 employees or less. But in our brief conversation on the phone, Paul revealed that he has only four employees. Why the cutback on his workforce? "Well," he said, "I haven't been forced to do so, it's just that I've chosen to do so. I have to deal with increased costs." What costs? And how, I asked him, is any of it due to Obamacare? There was a long pause, after which he said he'd call me back. He never did.
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/10/18/foxs-obamacare-victims-arent-victims-at-all/196498
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Fox's Obamacare Victims Aren't Victims At All (Original Post)
spanone
Oct 2013
OP
No doubt it would be possible to write a rational and reality based critique of Obamacare from a
Douglas Carpenter
Oct 2013
#15
they're just giving their audience what they want, they want to be lied to, it's why they tune in
Snake Plissken
Oct 2013
#17
Turbineguy
(37,343 posts)1. Obamacare forced me to mow my lawn.
Obamacare makes the grass grow faster.
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)5. it forced me to consume mass quantities of chocolate
Everybody on DU hates it.
SaveAmerica
(5,342 posts)18. It's wine for me, we should get together and share...
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)2. Cutting hours to avoid Obamacare? Then how about raising wages.
Or are they just trying to be all around douches?
Trekologer
(997 posts)13. They don't have enough employees to be affected by the ACA
They're just being douches and trying to blame the ACA for it.
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)3. I'm shocked…shocked, I tell ya!
spanone
(135,844 posts)6. it's freakin' bizzarro world. lying news.
Cha
(297,317 posts)4. Big fooking shocker!
sheshe2
(83,791 posts)8. Lies and the lying liars that tell them.
Thanks spanone.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)9. What a great name for a book.
Historic NY
(37,451 posts)12. I'd go with Liars, Damned Liars, And Republicans .
sheshe2
(83,791 posts)14. Bingo!
Good one, Historic NY.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)11. MORE FuksFakeNews lies?
Yawn...not even a surprise
Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)15. No doubt it would be possible to write a rational and reality based critique of Obamacare from a
a conservative perspective . No doubt it would be possible to find some flaws in the ACA system. But that would be boring. They just have to make stuff up
russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)16. bullshit mountain strikes again.
Snake Plissken
(4,103 posts)17. they're just giving their audience what they want, they want to be lied to, it's why they tune in
Foxnews even went to court to fight for their right to lie to the morons who watch it
http://www.relfe.com/media_can_legally_lie.html
The real issue here is that foxnews gets treated as if it's a news channel, they should not be given any press credentials period.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)19. OF COURSE THEY'RE NOT THIS IS FOX nt