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Monday, December 5, 2016

Why Worry Abouy The Facts?

Are you familiar with Joy Ann Reid?  She's a reporter/host for MSNBC.  To be fair, I use the word "reporter" advisedly since Reid is extremely biased and often gives only opinions rather than facts.  Nevertheless, I was taken aback today when I read Reid's latest report explaining that Donald Trump was about the begin to "gut and privatize" Medicare.  It's an amazingly dishonest report.

First, let's back up to the campaign.  Throughout the campaign, Trump told America that he would not cut Medicare benefits.  It was not something he said once; he repeated it over and over again.  Since the election, Trump has said nothing to indicate plans to cut Medicare and certainly nothing to indicate that he would "gut" Medicare.  Nevertheless, Reid is out there telling he world that Trump is about to start doing just that.

If you wonder how Reid can say that with a straight face, you are not alone.  Reid claims that she knows Trump will gut Medicare because some of the people he appointed to his cabinet are billionaires.  I'm not kidding; Reid claims to be able to glean a new policy regarding Medicare from the net worth of people appointed as secretary of commerce or education.  That makes as much sense as being able to predict the winner of the Super Bowl based upon the temperature at sunrise in Chicago on December 15th.

To be fair, Reid is far from the brightest bulb in the fixture, but even she ought to understand that she is just making stuff up.  Shouldn't it trouble Reid to report phony stories?  We just heard a whole symphony of stories about so called "fake news" coming from the mainstream media.  Nevertheless,  Reid is pushing obvious falsehoods without shame.

It's truly disgusting to watch this in progress.

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