Conservative media channel history to portray health care bill as great tragedy
March 23, 2010
Right wing media figures have compared the passage of landmark health care reform legislation to historical events including the Black Plague, the attack on Pearl Harbor, Bloody Sunday, the passage of the Stamp Act, the federal government's refusal to bail out New York City in the 1970's, the Jonestown massacre, and The Day The Music Died.
Conservative media channel history to portray health care bill as great tragedy The end of America as you know it (MM4A -- right-wing forecast for post-health-care-reform) Kill the bill (MM4A -- Fox's year-long activism) 75% of Fox & Friends guests bash health bill following vote (Raw Story) Media repeatedly declared health care reform "dead" after Brown's Senate victory (MM4A -- media said bill was dead) From Televangelism to the Tea Parties (WSJ)