When an article portrayed as defending your candidate is anything but
For example, lets look at just a couple of the statements in the article by Ryan Cooper: Ezra Klein and Paul Krugman both face-planted in their Bernie Sanders takedowns
"Her opponent Bernie Sanders has come out for higher taxes to fund things like single-payer health insurance. In response the Clinton campaign has attacked him from the right as a tax-and-spend liberal who will dismantle Medicare and reduce middle-class incomes — instead of, say, arguing the idea is good but politically infeasible."
Analysis: This furthers the tax and spend liberal without ever addressing the amount of taxes AND the fact that Americans will save money under a single payer plan.
In the next paragraph, the author writes: The flagrant dishonesty of some of these attacks briefly put pro-Clinton pundits on their back feet. ( Flagrant dishonesty - Clinton pundits I'd say this qualifies as Anti-Clinton. The link provided does nothing to discuss my concern noted above - the old tax and spend liberal and it's further criticism of Sanders with an anti-Clinton title and a very unflattering picture of Clinton).
"He argues that Sanders plan is misleading about the biggest source of single-payer savings, which, he seemed to imply, is the denial of coverage to patients. But as Seth Ackerman carefully explains in extant universal systems most of the savings comes from governments leaning on providers, and Klein (among several other errors) is squirrelly indeed on this crucial point:"
Analysis: Leaning on providers is a very negative connotation and distorting. And denial of coverage is still out there, though it might not be the biggest reason....
Note: The article and articles linked within the article weren't favorable to Clinton or Sanders which begs the question: Who was the article intended to help? I don't think it takes a brain surgeon to figure out that one and it speaks volumes about that candidate. There is a lot more of things I could have pointed out but I don't have the time.
There will be NO honest debate of healthcare in this country during an election cycle. Thousands die while you play these pathetic games.
http://theweek.com/articles/601908/ezra-klein-paul-krugman-both-faceplanted-bernie-sanders-takedowns
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