Who do you trust? The supposedly right wing elements of the media or the liberal watchdogs that try to shoot them down? Try trusting me. Mediaite, a web site supposedly giving objective opinions on news stories, run by NBC legal analyst Dan Abrams (and we all know how neutral NBC has managed to be, though ironically, more on that later) reported on an exchange between a CNS News reporter and Robert Gibbs. According to Mediaite, the CNS reporter was attributing a Paul Ryan, Republican congressman from Wisconsin, quote to the recess appointment to head Medicare/Medicaid, Dr. Donald Berwick. The specific quote in question? "excellent health care is by definition redistribution". (What a shock that President Obama might want an appointment with such an opinion to bypass Congressional hearings this close to an election). Mediaite praised Gibb's handling of the reporter where he accused the CNS reporter of "playing political games" and "diving into his secret book of quotations". The story ends on this note "The lesson? Robert Gibbs won't entertain baseless questions from reporters who haven't done their homework. And when he does, he makes enough of an example out of them to keep the rest of the Press Corps on their toes." The title of the story? "Robert Gibbs Catches CNS Reporter Missapropriating Comments to New Health Care Chief". The outrage! The indignity! My God, man, how can we stand for these right wing conspiracy theorists who think President Obama and his appointees believe in redistribution of wealth!
Media Matters, which seems to be funded through various other groups such as Moveon.org by George Soros, dark lord of the Sith, criticized an MSNBC (GASP!!) reporter for suggesting that Berwick had made controversial comments and praising the British joke of a health care system.
Surely these upstanding left-leaning media sites wouldn't...but wait...
oh, there's video...oh, and a transcript for the hearing impaired...and there is Berwick, and I quote "any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must - must - redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and less fortunate. EXCELLENT HEALTH CARE IS BY DEFINITION REDISTRIBUTION. BRITAIN, YOU CHOSE WELL." Emphasis added.
It's almost like they lied. So again, I ask, who do you trust? It sure as hell isn't Robert Gibbs.
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