RW Media On The Attack I - WSJ - "Why Government Health Care Keeps Falling in the Polls"

[TomCADem]

It is amazing how the myth of the liberal media persists, but it does despite the flurry of stories like this:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704335904574495131591949574.html

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Regardless of how President Barack Obama's health-care agenda plays out in Congress, it has not been a success in public opinion. Opposition to ObamaCare has risen all year.

According to the Gallup polling organization, the percentage of Americans who believe the cost of health care for their families will "get worse" under the proposed reforms rose to 49% from 42% in just the past month. The percentage saying it would "get better" stayed at 22%.

Many are searching for explanations. One popular notion is that demagogues in the media are stirring up falsehoods against what they say is a long-overdue solution to the country's health-care crisis.

Americans deserve more credit. They haven't been brainwashed, and they aren't upset merely over the budget-busting details. Rather, public resistance stems from the sense that the proposed reforms do violence to three core values of America's free enterprise culture: individual choice, personal accountability, and rewards for ambition.

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[LynnTheDem]

1. Interesting...which alternate world are the rightwingnuts polling?

Most support public option for health insurance, poll finds
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/19/AR2009101902451.html

WaPo Poll: Majority Wants Public Option More Than Bipartisanship
http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/health-care/wapo-poll-majority-wants-public-option-more-than-bipartisanship-for-its-own-sake/

Majority of Americans Support a "Public Option" in Health Reform
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2009/09/majority-of-americans-support-a-public-option-in-health-reform.html

Quinnipiac: Most Americans Support Public Option
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/10/08/quinnipiac-most-americans-support-public-option/

Majority in U.S. Favors Healthcare Reform This Year
http://www.gallup.com/poll/121664/majority-favors-healthcare-reform-this-year.aspx#

Overwhelming majority of Americans support health care reform
http://www.finfacts.ie/irishfinancenews/article_1016974.shtml

Most Americans Want Health Care Reform
http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2009/09-186.shtml

Most Americans willing to fund healthcare reform: poll | U.S. | Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE58T0MY20090930

In Poll, Wide Support for Government-Run Health
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/health/policy/21poll.html