I was wrong

I said two weeks ago that I thought today's communications systems had caught up with people who invented facts. I was wrong. Full Story »

Posted by Derek Hawkins - via Jay Rosen, Craig Newmark, Publish2 (Politics)
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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Health
Topics: Health Care
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Aug 14, 2009 - 12:50 PM PDT
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Aug 15, 2009 - 9:31 AM PDT

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Joey Baker
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by Joey Baker - Aug. 15, 2009

Great job of setting the record straight – correcting a media personality with facts.

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Derek Hawkins
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by Derek Hawkins - Aug. 15, 2009
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Diana Dominguez
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by Diana Dominguez - Aug. 15, 2009

James Fellows is a well respected correspondent with 25+ years service with The Atlantic. He also served 2 years as an editor for US New & Reports. In this brief editorial he discusses the 'pernicious influence' of Elizabeth 'Betsy' McCaughey who through distorted facts and innuendo played a major role in derailing the Clinton health bill is now doing her best to derail the Obama health care legislation with the current death panel claims.

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