Obviously they are NOT doing their job. Where are the reports of the people who are without insurance/ without basic health care? Where are the reports on those financially ruined by medical costs? Where are the reports of fraud, waste and abuse within the health care industry? Where are the reports on why our drugs cost much more in this country than in a country next door? Why are we the one's who must pay for technology on drugs (they say the prices are for research, if the entire world is using the drugs that American co's are creating, shouldn't they help cover the burden too? Why does it fall onto the backs of American's to pay the higher costs.. or is it more about profits and lack of regulations that stiff Americans?) Where are the reports analyzing other country's health care models? We are the only country that does not insure, by right, access for health care to all its citizens. Surely, with the current debate on what to do with our current non-working system, we could analyze what the rest of the world does and perhaps decide among the best. They've been up and running now for years. Some have some down sides, perhaps we could find a solution around their problems in trying to get everyone health care.

The media is disgusting. Its not up to the President to sell health care like an insurance salesman. Its his job to protect the citizens. Health care is something he should achieve to help protect America's citizens. The media is supposed to be unbiased and analytical. They are supposed to present the current facts, what is a current model to examine, and then, what could we do better. Its NOT their job to protect the insurance, pharma, and doctor groups.

Media should have been the number 1 issue tackled. Reforming them, would make the process of getting the things we actually need just a wee bit easier. Pack of fools.

an extra 50 million people.

Do we have enough doctors and nurses to do this?

its already hard going.. Education and loan forgiveness/ grants could help. But lets face facts, even if tomorrow everyone had access to see a dr, not everyone would rush out and use a dr. Most people are normally healthy. I go once a year for an appt. Because its an annual, it may take a month before I'm scheduled in, but I don't care, I'm just going for the check up.. someone else who is sicker should be seen before my once over with cold hands, and a blood work up to take off to Quest. I don't believe the docs and nurses will be completely over run the second something is signed. ALSO, all these plans call for reform over 10yrs. The trillion dollars is a 10yr span in reform, I'd hope we could have more nurses and docs by then.. maybe more hospitals and clinics as well. Even the public option, if we get it, isn't to be on line until 2013. We are not all going to wake up tomorrow and magically be guaranteed h.c. I wish we were.. but it won't happen with our current yahoos.

and it should be sent far and wide to those who need to know that we know that big media is attempting to kill reform by not doing their job.

Contact the media and tell them you aren't taking this anymore!

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They are far to beholden to their corporate masters. #2 job, rescind corporate person-hood. What a joke that is... like a non-living entity should have equal protections under the law like a living, breathing human being.

it's criminal imo

They lie, distort, mis-report, or omit information all the time. They play gotcha tactics with interviews (Ann Curry with the Iranian Pres. had a tone in her voice that she wouldn't use had she been interviewing the Queen of London... that tone with certain people make the viewers feel negative and mistrustful of the person being interviewed.. I use that as an example of tone and treatment of an interview.. not that Achmdinajad is someone to trust)... David Gregory and ole' Stephanophalgus took that tone as well... I find it striking the tone and questioning that the CNN guy took with Obama and then the deferential treatment and repect he gives to someone like Cheney who is a creepy liar.

They shape and make the news an awful lot. Perhaps on network news, there could be regulations on NO commercials. NO money making from doing the news. AND fines for biased pieces or reporting that would seem to help the parent company's financial gains... at least on the airwaves that we the American people own. AND no more reporting on celebrity b.s. unless they die, and do it in a small blurby.. not a marathon. You want a marathon, do it on a diff. time slot.. don't use up all the air time on a celebrity news story while losing time for the days news. Reference the work... if you show one little snippet of a politician or some such, make reference of it on the network news site so that one could go an click on a link to examine an unedited interview, an entire speech, or event that was "summarized" so that the viewer can see if the "summarized" version is real or made up. After Obama speaks, I realize that these reporters make wild inferences at times. It seems, often, they aren't watching the same speech or interview that I just watched.

Don't run with a story because faux snooze decided to propagate a march with bigots and idiots. where were you during the last 8 yrs when the avg American was walked all over and the admin actually broke real laws; not just interloping with someone who isn't their wife.

Otherwise, they might appear to be "partisan".

"selling" the plan.

They used the same terminology on Bush's push to privatize social security. The difference being that the great majority of the country was against his idea.

wow, my ss benefits.. wish those were sitting on wallstreet.. where as, desperate families burdened by health care costs have been begging for years for help.

desperate to maintain the status quo.

Investigative reporting died with Walter Cronkite and the unfortunate firing of Dan Rather.