In health-care special featuring mainly free-market advocates, Stossel endorsed Health Savings Accounts
During a one-hour report on ABC's 20/20 on "America's health-care system," co-host John Stossel interviewed five advocates of free-market approaches to health care but only one advocate of increased government-mandated health coverage. The five free-market advocates were interviewed on air for a total of 6 minutes, 24 seconds, while the lone advocate of a public health system, filmmaker Michael Moore, was interviewed on air for a total of 1:40. Read more
Broder touted Lindsey Graham's desire for "reality-based [Iraq] policy"
In his September 16 column, Washington Post columnist David Broder stated that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) "has been an outspoken advocate of the surge strategy -- claiming real success on the ground and urging its continuation." He later quoted the senator as saying, "I want reality-based policy [on Iraq]." But Broder ignored the fact that in April, Graham touted "signs of progress" in Iraq following his April 1 visit to Baghdad's Shorja market. However, soon thereafter, it was reported that Graham's delegation had traveled to the market in armored military vehicles while under heavy guard by more than 100 U.S. troops and five helicopters.
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