WorldNetDaily’s idea of “news” typically involves telling only one side of the story, especially if the other side of the story is something it opposes.
And so it is with an April 25 WND article by Bob Unruh on the Independent Payment Advisory Board that’s in the health care reform plan. Unruh writes that “critics have described” the board “as the ultimate ‘death panel,'” then quotes no less than five of those critics, and even embedded “a video commentary on Obama administration actions.” At no point, however, does Unruh make any apparent attempt to permit a representative from the Obama administration — or anyone, really — to respond to the criticism.
That may be because much the criticism Unruh uncritically reported is false or misleading. In contrast to claims regurgitated by Unruh that IPAB is “death panels” or “rationing,” the truth is that IPAB is specifically prohibited from making “any recommendations to ration health care … or otherwise restrict benefits.”
A responsible reporter who cares about telling the truth would have reported that. Unruh didn’t. But you knew that about Unruh already.