Watch Dinosaur Media Claim (Incorrectly) That the Individual Mandate Was Struck Down
Everybody makes mistakes, but CNN and FOX News made a pretty big one today when both networks reported live that the individual mandate had been "struck down" and "gutted." New York mag has put together a nice little compilation of the mistake here:
Reason, meanwhile, got it right. Alternative media FTW.
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Yet MSNBC got it right. Just like Obama did with his landmark legislation.
There's a lesson there for the GOP if they want to remain relevant.
Lean Forward
By which they mean of course: Bend Over.
Wow...that's embarrassing. And funny.
That was the bigger nut punch: thinking for a few seconds that everything had gone right in the world only to have it all ripped away.
That's about what I went through listening to the radio this morning.
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What Reason didn't get right is having 58 different posts on this so I can't have a coherent discussion with anyone about it.
Mark your calendars, gentlemen.
Tulpa and I agree.
You may need to post this in all the threads for our calendars to be properly marked.
They're trying to keep the site from collapsing under the strain.
I can sum it all up for you, Tulpa.
It sounds something like this:
Whaaaaaah!
President Dewey must be so embarrassed right now.
I saved the three editions my local newspaper put out the day after the 2000 election: "Gore Wins", "Bush Wins", "Deadlocked".
The first paragraph usually tells you everything you need to know, right?
Actually, neither one of you got it entirely right.
Jon Stewart and his Daily Show writers are going to have a field day with this.
If I could, I would spend all day, every day smelling Megyn Kelly, just sniffing her.