The Press Can't Even Get The 'You Lie!' Story Right

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Emit  (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Fri Sep-11-09 09:02 PM
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The Press Can't Even Get The 'You Lie!' Story Right
   
Edited on Fri Sep-11-09 09:03 PM by Emit
by Eric Boehlert

Of course, the rude heckling by Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) is being reported everywhere. And yes, his apology for the extraordinary outburst has been noted. But have you noticed what's been mostly left out from the dispatches? It's the fact that when Wilson called Obama a liar for claiming illegal immigrants would not be covered by proposed health care reforms, Wilson himself was lying.

What's been completely glossed over by the press is the fact that the "You Lie!" was itself built upon a lie. That the rude outburst was yet more GOP misinformation. Instead, too many in the press treat the exchange as a he said/he said. i.e. Obama claimed illegal immigrants won't be covered, and Wilson called him a liar. What are the facts? Which man was telling the truth? The press won't say.

From ABC News:

A Republican member of Congress interrupted President Obama’s speech tonight on the floor of the House of Representatives to yell “You lie!” at the president, in reference to the president’s assertion that his proposals wouldn’t provide health insurance to illegal immigrants.


That's it. ABC never even tries to inform online readers which side was telling the truth.

~snip~

As we've seen this summer, right-wing theatrics are far more important than facts.


http://www.enewspf.com/index.php?option=com_content&vie...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6527804

Hey shit stain that is actually a pretty objective story. It states what happened without any commentary.
I'm kind of shocked it doesn't read

Stupid repuke smears President Obama on the floor of the House of Representatives.

[formerlurker]

Because if they did an actual fact check on Wilson they would note he was speaking the truth, and that Obama is in fact a liar.

We can't have that can we?

[Lord Undies]

The communist democrats scrambling to eliminate "loopholes" was Joe Wilson's validation.  It was also The Liar's judge & jury. 

Nice try, Little Goon.  But that reality-thingy screws you up again.

[Carl]

Lets see...

No citizenry proof required shot down a couple of times until after the "speech"

Overnight the numbers claimed of uninsured drops from 47 million to 30 million.

I would say those two words uttered by Joe Wilson did more to help real Americans then a lifetime of bloviating from Kennedy or any other socialist in Congress.