Special Comment Tonight By Teh Keith

[filkertom]

About health care reform, and the incredible lies being thrown about by those trying to protect their interests. Here's a preview.

Comments

[zibblsnrt.livejournal.com]

I sense, perhaps, some slight annoyance on his part. I'm not sure where I'm getting that from..

Being in a country that the American right claims euthanizes seniors on their 55th birthday or whatever, I look forward to seeing this one, and hope he actually makes use of the word "lie" about the health-care-is-ebil crowd. (The strongest I've seen so far is "outright distortions," which is such an awkward phrase that it feels badly edited from on high.)

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure it's because the Villagers, the various pundits and politicians, fancy themselves ladies and gentlemen, and one doesn't do anything so gauche as to call a lie, a lie. "Outright distortion", "fabrication", "not quite accurate about his/her facts", etc., etc., etc. Rather than call someone a liar, which would tarnish both the liar... and the person who said it.

[peachtales.livejournal.com]

Here's hoping people who need to see it do. Sadly, I doubt they will. *sigh*

[zibblsnrt.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I figured it was a combination of that and the standard fear of lawsuits that drives western civilization nowadays.

Even so, if something is utterly demonstrably false (like the claims about Canadian forced euthanasia), I wouldn't mind seeing someone with a soapbox larger than the average blog use and defend the word. The innuendo, youknowwhatImeaning, and general arguing by implication is a bit tiring after a few decades.

[roisnoir.livejournal.com]

Of course they won't. It's that eeeeeeeeevil Keith Olbermann, who stands for everything that they're against, even when he doesn't.

[mouser.livejournal.com]

Damn - Richard Wolffe was the best guest host he's had!