The MSM Meltdown Pattern

Few things are as predictable as the mainstream media freaking out whenever somebody reveals Obamas actual agenda. As soon as somebody questions his ridiculous plans (covering 50 million people while cutting costs) they follow an obvious pattern. Lets take a look at the accurate "death panel" claim.

First they simply said that it isn't true. From there, they move on to saying it is debunked, end of discussion. After this doesn't work they start getting really nervous and use the phrase "thoroughly debunked." How do you know they are in full freak out mode though? As soon as they call in the NYTimes. This is like Vincent and Jules calling in "The Wolf" in Pulp Fiction. For emergencies only.



Lets take a look at the NYTimes article today:

WASHINGTON - The stubborn yet false rumor that President Obama’s health care proposals would create government-sponsored “death panels” to decide which patients were worthy of living seemed to arise from nowhere in recent weeks.

If your the NYTimes and your blantantly dishonest I guess you can write that. You can write that knowing full well that this "stubborn yet false rumor" came from the mouth of Barack Obama talking to the (wait for it)...NYTimes!

THE PRESIDENT: So that's where I think you just get into some very difficult moral issues. But that's also a huge driver of cost, right?I mean, the chronically ill and those toward the end of their lives are accounting for potentially 80 percent of the total health care bill out here.

LEONHARDT: So how do you - how do we deal with it?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think that there is going to have to be a conversation that is guided by doctors, scientists, ethicists. And then there is going to have to be a very difficult democratic conversation that takes place. It is very difficult to imagine the country making those decisions just through the normal political channels. And that's part of why you have to have some independent group that can give you guidance. It's not determinative, but I think has to be able to give you some guidance. And that's part of what I suspect you'll see emerging out of the various health care conversations that are taking place on the Hill right now.

Hmm, so independent government bureaucrats will be making life and death medical decisions. I'm trying to think of a good nickname for that panel. I've got it. Death Panel. Brilliant.

The media knows they have zero credibility left after their coverage during the campaign, so they don't even try to hide it anymore. Todays NYTimes article is the latest example.