Are US healthcare protests genuine?

Grassroots or astroturf? Real or fake? Those are the questions being asked about the rash of protests taking place all over the country against the president's plans to reform the nation's healthcare. Full Story »

Posted by Derek Hawkins - via BBC News
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Posted by: via BBC News - Aug 10, 2009 - 8:32 PM PDT
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Aug 10, 2009 - 11:05 PM PDT

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by Derek Hawkins - Aug. 10, 2009

Interesting to see the British take on an issue as wonkish as health care reform. Resist the urge to cry out, "Wait, they're oversimplifying that," and this is an enlightening read.

Town hall mobs, Sarah Palin, birthers -- what an embarrassment the American right has been these past few weeks. Not without its charms, though, to ... More »

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by kazuhiro shino - Aug. 23, 2009

Lots of evidence & spot on the core point

Most of contentious issues are not the policy contents most of opposing people are ignorant mislead brain washed hired Obama-phobics political ... More »

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by Tanya J. Maurer - Aug. 11, 2009
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by Joel Kulenkamp - Aug. 11, 2009
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by Aldene Fredenburg - Aug. 11, 2009

It's a bit sparse.

Nothing new from the reports on cable news. Good overview of the topic.

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by Jon Cooper - Aug. 11, 2009

This is an article only of questions. Investigative journalism would have done enough work to get the answers. Lazy.

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