"In chasing the Sebelius comments... media outlets ignored Robbert Gibbs' appearance..."

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Mon Aug-17-09 11:31 AM
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"In chasing the Sebelius comments... media outlets ignored Robbert Gibbs' appearance..."

Sunday Public Option Roundup: Gibbs defends, Sebelius hedges, Conrad slams

by Jed Lewison

On Sunday, media outlets tripped over themselves to declare the death of the public option after Kathleen Sebelius told CNN's John King that a public option is "not the essential element" of health care reform.

In chasing the Sebelius comments, those very same media outlets ignored Robbert Gibbs' appearance on CBS' Face The Nation in which he both defended the public option and reiterated the President's support for it.

Meanwhile, Kent Conrad and Fox News eagerly to exploited the Sebelius quote, with Conrad declaring that support for the public option is a "wasted effort."

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The media also ignored this part of Sebelius' comment:

�I think there will be a competition to private insurers,� Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in an interview that aired Sunday on CNN�s State of the Union, �that really is the essential part, that you don�t turn over the whole new marketplace (after health care legislation is enacted) to private insurance companies and trust them to do the right thing. We need some choices, we need some competition.�

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Mon Aug-17-09 11:38 AM
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1. Didn't seem to me that the media ignored Sebelius' second comments there.

She'd given enough for them to play up the rest, is all.

The M$M is really pushing the idea that the public option is all but dead.

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Mon Aug-17-09 11:38 AM
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2. Kent Conrad should be defeated along with Max Baucas during their next elections.

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Mon Aug-17-09 11:47 AM
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3. Even Mark Halprin agrees with you that the media is chasing a nothing new

Edited on Mon Aug-17-09 11:48 AM by Phx_Dem

comment. He had it posted yesterday, but now I can't find it.

He posted something like, "the media is trying to make a big deal out of something that's nothing new. Story not really developing . . ." Love the last part.

I was pretty shocked to read this by Halprin. But I think the public pushback is a good thing -- to put pressure on Blue Dogs.

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NYC_SKP

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Mon Aug-17-09 12:54 PM
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4. Because when you're only looking for drama, you miss the facts.

The MSM and plenty of others, if you know what I mean. ;-)

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