The World According to Me

As I began my evening of news trolling (yet another sign of old age creeping in) I was impressed and heartened by a news story on ABC.  In it, Charles Gibson attempts to debunk the myth that Health Care Reform will result in “Death Panels” and that the government will come and kill grandma.  It continued a story that I saw earlier on Good Morning America (this is why I watch ABC in the mornings, not MSNBC).

For starters, the so-called “Death Panel” is simply a provision that allows you, the patient, to discuss end-of-life issues with your doctor.  The conversation is initiated by you, and the decisions are made by you.  Whether you want to die at home in peace, or have the hospital hook you up, sit you in a corner and decorate you for Christmas, it’s totally your decision.  This is the link to the GMA video.  Watch it and make your own judgments.

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=8291397

Now of course this isn’t going to do anything to satisfy the ignorant masses on the right.  Their vitriol goes way beyond health care, and I don’t have to explain where it’s really coming from.  However, it always kind of frustrates me when our MSM allows lies like “euthanasia”, “rationing”, and “government decisions” to run rampant without even an attempt at fact-checking.  The problem is that truth just isn’t a “sexy” enough story.  The media can spend endless weeks speculating on what killed Michael Jackson, but can’t be bother to debunk the lies coming from right-wing extremist like Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich.  They’ll spend 5 days fact-checking President Obama when he says C-A-T spells cat, yet can’t spend 5 minutes fact-checking Silly Sarah’s claim of “Obama Death Panels”.  Mark Twain once said, “A lie can travel halfway around the world, while the truth is still putting on its shoes.”  It doesn’t help when the MSM hides the shoes.