60 Minutes Reporting Shames Sarah Palin & Co.’s “Death Panels”

10:52 am EST November 23rd, 2009 | News | 8 Comments

In which some facts are pitted against their mortal enemies: conservative rhetoric.

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8 Responses to “60 Minutes Reporting Shames Sarah Palin & Co.’s “Death Panels””

  1. Repack Rider says:
    November 23, 2009 at 11:23 am

    “Facts” confuses Sarah.

    That’s why she avoids them.

  2. jr says:
    November 23, 2009 at 11:36 am

    Sarah can only understand catch phrases. She fears what she doesn’t understand

  3. The Tim Channel says:
    November 23, 2009 at 1:17 pm

    Bailed when I saw the SECOND Chase ad within the first minute of viewing.

    Enjoy.

  4. Sanjiv Sarwate says:
    November 23, 2009 at 2:20 pm

    This was a typically weak piece from a typically weak news program. The takeaway that we’re supposed to get is that Medicare wastes tons of money on end of life care, so any new government health care program will waste money as well. The “problem” in the view of this piece are selfish patients, greedy doctors, and a spendthrift government. The fact that end-of-life care has become a third rail is mentioned, but nothing is said about why this is the case, specifically, that people with ties to the insurance industry have out-and-out LIED to people about what even the weak tea healthcare reform we’ve got on deck now would mean.

  5. Oliver Willis says:
    November 23, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    I’m gonna defend 60 Minutes here, because outside of Frontline, its some of the strongest reporting we get on TV. It’s not a typical report at all, and we could have done with more reporting like this when the death panels thing floated around all summer.

  6. Rheinhard says:
    November 23, 2009 at 3:41 pm

    Speaking of FRONTLINE, I’m betting that tomorrow’s coming report on “The Card Game“, about the credit card industry, will be another one of their excellent pieces which will probably have me stomping around the living room demanding more public executions.

  7. Southern Quaker says:
    November 23, 2009 at 5:05 pm

    Unfortunately, Sarah Palin has no shame.

  8. Quaker in a Basement says:
    November 24, 2009 at 2:25 am

    That was a decent story, but it stopped a bit short of being relevant. The GOP has long railed against Medicare and harped on its precarious finances. This story could have made an obvious connection–Medicare solvency and unlimited end-of-life care are mutually exclusive.

    Only one party is trying to craft a workable policy. The GOP isn’t that party.