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  • Essay / Politics and the Media, An American Tale - 1403

    The Los Angeles Times described the erroneous claims of "euthanasia" made about part of the health care bill as "the one of the most misleading and inflammatory claims in the health care debate": Q: Does the law include provisions to encourage suicide by older adults? No. It has become one of the most misleading and inflammatory claims made in the health care debate, repeatedly advanced by conservative commentators such as Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity and Republican lawmakers working to fuel fears among the elderly. Virginia Foxx recently suggested that the Democratic health care bill would "put seniors in a position where their government would put them to death." There is no such provision. The House bill would give seniors on Medicare the choice to sit down with a doctor for an "advance care planning consultation" every five years to discuss options if they became seriously ill or were unable to make medical decisions. Topics could include developing a living will and care guidelines (snopes.com). invoice” (snopes.com). These facts have been verified by the Los Angeles Times, the Associated Press and the New York Times. Although our constitution guarantees freedom of speech, as well as freedom of the press, media figures have a responsibility to verify their...... middle of the newspaper. .....these. “Crazy Talk and American Politics: or, My Glenn Beck Story.” The Chronicle of Higher Education". Chronicle.com. February 21, 2011. April 4, 2011. http://www.Chronicle.com/article/Crazy-Talk/AmericanSeib, Philip. Rush Hour Talk Radio, Politics and rise of Rush Limbaugh. Fort WorthThe Summit Group, 1993. Print “The Glenn Beck Program. April 4, 2011. http://www.GlennBeck.com content/radio/Web “The Time Magazine Top 100.” Time Magazine. New York April 21, 2011. http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,2066367,00.htmlWebU.S. .Edu. April 21, 2011. http://www.topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/.