Now that's journalism! Expose the truth. There needs to be much more transparency on the motives of these people, including the politicians. Before they give their opinions on the reform bill, they should be forced to admit how much money they've taken from the health care industry. Their motives won't seem quite so noble when it's pointed out that they've been paid off.

Awesome awesome awesome.

I posted about this yesterday.

Sourcewatch has a ton of info on this jerk.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Conservatives_for_Patients_Rights

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=CRC_Public_Relations

c'mon, this isn't a brutal takedown of reform opposition. this is pretty mild, and it's more about tv's need to create theater.
i'm not arguing the perverse irony of the former Columbia CEO opposing health-care reform. but there is more context to the issues raised in this clip than what can be conveyed in a soundbite or by a coiffed anchor.

this is an example of what MSM can do if it gave journalism a shot.

Viewers like hard questions. if it gets the sations ratings, all the better.

I really think these cable networks ought to consider getting into the news business. Not just do it every now and again with some guests:)

he says no one was ever charged when the fines were issued. that sucks.

corporations enjoy the rights of personhood (which is ridiculous) and then responsibility for criminal actions are so diffused that no one is ever personally held accountable.

I say take the fines from the CEOs and anyone in the chain of command who made the fraudulent decisions and profited. I say end corporate personhood. also tossing some CEOs in jail

Goldman Sachs is reporting a profit in the billions now, which is totally f*d up as we, the taxpayers, have given them tens of billions directly and indirectly.

we worship capitalism to our own demise

This is hilarious. As Rick Sanchez said, who their right mind would put Rick Scott, one of the most disgraced CEOs ever, in charge of opposing health care reform?

Rick Scott, Glenn Beck, they're all crazy, but Glenn Beck just keeps getting crazier. In the middle of a debate on health care, he actually say that the government mandates that schools teach girls that they can have as many babies as they want and to not listen to their parents.

I swear. Here is the clip.

http://progressnotcongress.org/?p=2427

Single payer. That is all.

The clip doesn't show whether Sanchez clearly tied this guy and his organization to the teabaggers who have been disrupting the townhalls. Does he?

He should be in a prison cell right next to Abramoff and Madoff.

Why wasn't criminal charges brought up against Rick Scott? Could it be that his connections to Bush (former partner) and the GOP, had the Justice Dept look the other way? I haven't read anything on this aspect discussed but knowing how politicized the Justice Dept was during the Bush Administration, you have to wonder! Just a 1.7 Billion dollar slap on the wrist and all forgiven? Doesn't pass the smell test to me.

Could somebody please provide a link to the TPM article on the Obama administration's attempted agreement with the pharmeceutical companies? You know the one that caps their contribution to the heaalthcare reform at 80 billion for a ten year period?

Folks, there will be no meaningful healthcare reform from the dumbocrats or the rethuglicans. The sooner the 'left' or 'liberal' communities realize this and quit throwing their votes to corporate candidates, the sooner the problem can be resolved.

AnswerF, as long as you and the majority of the people view this as a dumbocrat vs. rethuglican fight there will never be a resolution that benefits the majority of the American people. Both parties are owned and the only hope is that people realize this and start voting for another party.

What help have you done? Blame the rethuglicans for everything? Sing the praises of Obama or some other corporate candidate?

As long as you view the rethuglicans as the enemy and the dumbocrats as the saviours there will be no hope. Is it too much to expect you to wake up from your delusions? Perhaps so.

Does anyone miss the days when actual news and thoughtful words were spoken? I do and Sanchez makes me long for those days. I'm tired of talking heads reading scripts they haven't even seen until the words pop up on the teleprompter. Why do they even call them news channels?