As FactCheck.org makes crystal-clear, McCaughey is up to her old tricks — misrepresenting health-care reform in a way that provides fodder to conservative critics. Given her track record, McCaughey's Bloomberg commentary never should have been taken seriously in the first place.

A good report that clarifies what is in the bill and what is bull. You can't argue with Rush. You can't argue with Hannity. Why try arguing with this conservative who will twist and turn words in a way only the less educated, who are their base, will understand.

I am so glad FactCheck.org took a hard look at the claims made by some during the stimulus bill debate. This is thorough, factual and unbiased reporting, and an important addition to the legacy of the stories that prompted it.

Excellent reporting on claims made by Betsy McCaughey and Rep. Tom Price about health care provisions of the new stimulus law passed by Congress. The author provides a detailed analysis of these claims, and debunks them one by one, based on extensive factual evidence from multiple, credible sources.

FactCheck does its usual excellent job of debunking false claims -- this time scare stories concerning the health care related provisions in the stimulus bill.

With tons of sources, this article exhaustively analyzes controversial claims regarding the new stimulus bill. Well linked, and very fair in that McCaughey was interviewed to explain her position.

I always like FactCheck's fromat; the ways it breaks down the story with headings and such. I partucularly like how it refutes--pooni-by-point--thew quotes by McCaughey & Price.

Impeccably sourced. Extremely fair. Based solely on explaining facts and clarifying which statements are inaccurate or simply opinion. This investigative analysis gets to the core of what this debate is — and it is not what Betsy McCaughey says it is.

I think the earlier Media Matters report (thanks to Dan Kennedy) gives a better image of the lack of journalistic checking of facts on the part of Fox, Limbaugh, and the Wall Street Journal, as they echoed the erroneous claims with great outrage. The Fox video link there shows the nature of the beast if you know the distortion in the claim.

Factually organized and sourced, debunking yet again Ms. McCaughly and her intentional misrepresentations. Fact Check's does a very good job when they put effort into a piece. At some point I hope ther efforts are applied evenly to both sides of the aisle.

Certainly the best coverage I have seen to date of the controversy that Betsy McCaughey stirred on February 9, 2009 when she challenged language in the House version of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. In her Bloomberg piece, McCaughey voiced fears that the language of the bill would foster the creation of an intrusive federal bureaucracy that would negatively impact healthcare in America. A thorough examination of the final bill reveals that McCaughey's initial ... More »

This is not a fun read, but it is quality research and reporting. Its focus remains on the ball, so broader perspectives are omitted. It excels in thoroughness - you couldn't ask for more - yet it is well-organized enough to give plenty of information to a skimmer, not just to a reader.

This is naive journalism. Th authors don't understand that the stimulus bill does indeed provide sufficient legislative authority to allow centralized control of medical care to be established via regulation.