Echo chamber: Bloomberg "commentary" health IT falsehood goes from Limbaugh to WSJ's Moore and Fox, back to Limbaugh
Summary: The Wall Street Journal's Stephen Moore and Fox News anchors Bill Hemmer and Megyn Kelly promoted the falsehood -- which first appeared in a Bloomberg "commentary" by Betsy McCaughey and was subsequently promoted by Rush Limbaugh and Matt Drudge -- that the economic recovery bill includes a provision that would, in Moore's words, "hav[e] the government essentially dictate treatments." Limbaugh later took credit for spreading this story. Full Story »
Posted by Dale Penn
The initial blame lies in McCaughey for erroneous statements. Limbaugh bragging that it must be big news because his lies are echoed elsewhere is pathetic. Wikipedia has an interesting history of McCaughey attacks on the Clinton health bills, along with other bizarre life events. The instant bimbo outrage of the Fox lady is so not journalism.