Conservatives push Reagan's 1961 attacks on "socialized medicine" but ignore that he was criticizing Medicare

Media Matters | Aug. 17, 2009 (News Analysis)

On August 14, the Drudge Report, Rush Limbaugh, and O'Reilly Factor guest host Laura Ingraham featured a recording of Ronald Reagan speaking in 1961 against "socialized medicine" for the American Medical Association's Operation Coffee Cup Campaign against Medicare. Neither Drudge, Limbaugh, nor Ingraham, however, noted that Reagan was speaking out against an early version of Medicare, which has become very popular since it was enacted 44 years ago, or that ... Full Story »

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Subjects: Politics, Media, U.S., Health
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 17, 2009 - 10:16 PM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Aug 17, 2009 - 10:16 PM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 17, 2009

Good research and fight against rewriting chapters of history.

The story reveals the distortion and twisted message of the right wing lie machine. An interesting bit of fact finding that should help discredit ... More »

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