Echo chamber: Bloomberg "commentary" health IT falsehood goes from Limbaugh to WSJ's Moore and Fox, back to Limbaugh

Media Matters by Eric Boehlert, Jamison Foser | Feb. 10, 2009 (News Analysis)

Summary: The Wall Street Journal's Stephen Moore and Fox News anchors Bill Hemmer and Megyn Kelly promoted the falsehood -- which first appeared in a Bloomberg "commentary" by Betsy McCaughey and was subsequently promoted by Rush Limbaugh and Matt Drudge -- that the economic recovery bill includes a provision that would, in Moore's words, "hav[e] the government essentially dictate treatments." Limbaugh later took credit for spreading this story. Full Story »

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 by Walter Cox - Feb. 11, 2009

This article boldly asserts that a "falsehood" has been promoted, initially by Betsy McCaughey and subsequently by other pundits. However, on careful reading of the article I cannot detect any such "falsehood." Rather I see interpretive differences that are well within the scope of legitimate debate. Very poor journalism, in my opinion, based on continuous repeating of an unfounded assertion.

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