I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Last week, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin stirred up fuss by using her Facebook page to launch a criticism of what had been a relatively uncontroversial element of health care reform: A new provision allowing Medicare reimbursement for doctor visits that seniors request in order to discuss their end-of-life wishes.
Palin characterized the visits as “death panels,” and insinuated that they could force euthanasia.
That was only the first shot in a volley of television appearances, advertisements and Web videos. Today, the White House launched a new Web site, Health Care Reform Reality Check, which includes a video featuring Melody Barnes, director of the Domestic Policy Council trying to reassure viewers that the government does not want to kill off all seniors.
The liberal media watchdog group Media Matters has set up a section of its Web site devoted exclusively to countering conservative misinformation about health care reform. It has a comprehensive catalog of clips from television news shows, including this one, in which Fox News personality Brian Kilmeade uses Palin’s prase, saying, “Our seniors are going to be in front of a death panel”:
A progressive religious group called People of Faith for Health Reform announced today that it will support the administration’s efforts with a TV ad that will air on cable networks:
That video follows one released recently by the conservative group Family Research Council Action:
When will it end? Who will triumph? One thing’s for sure. The battle will be televised.
