WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 2, 2010. Today, the Senate continues to debate legislation that would extend critical benefits to help millions of Americans who are struggling with unemployment and a lack of health insurance. The legislation would also protect access to physicians for people in Medicare. A statement from AARP Executive Vice President[Read More…]
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Senate Inaction on Medicare Hurts Seniors, Military and Boomers
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2010. A Medicare meltdown now seems certain, as the U.S. Senate has left early for the weekend, abandoning seniors, military families and baby boomers. The Senate failed to repeal the Medicare physician payment formula that will cause a drastic 21 percent payment cut to physicians who care[Read More…]
AARP Commends Middle Class Task Force For Leadership On Retirement Security
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2010. AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond issued the following statement today in response to the release of the Annual Report of the White House Task Force on the Middle Class: “AARP appreciates the attention and work of the Middle Class Task Force on retirement security issues.[Read More…]
Is the New York Times a Newspaper Worth Paying For?
Commentary By Jamison Foser In a January 2009 essay about efforts to convince readers to pay for online news articles,The New York Times‘ David Carr noted one publication that has enjoyed rapid growth in its online paid subscriber base: Cook’s Illustrated. According to Carr, "[T]he company has 260,000 digital subscribers[Read More…]
Will Breitbart, O’Keefe, and Giles Come Clean About ACORN Pimp Hoax?
Commentary by Eric Boehlert Last September 12, when the story of undercover ACORN surveillance videos was just breaking, conservative activist Hannah Giles, who starred in the clips as a wannabe prostitute, appeared on Fox News. Host Greg Gutfeld was positively giddy during his Giles interview, as he mocked the ACORN[Read More…]
Attention All Media: Colin Powell Debunks Claims That America Is Less Safe Under Obama (Video)
Video above is from MediaMatters.org.
Witch Hunt: Right-Wing Media Smears Rashad Hussain As A ‘Terrorist Sympathizer’
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Right-wing media figures seized on what ABC News’ Jake Tapper has described as an "apparently erroneous" report of a statement allegedly made by President Obama’s nominee for special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference Rashad Hussain to portray him as a "pro-jihadist," a "radical," and a[Read More…]
When First Amendment Freedoms Conflict, Which Would You Pick?
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director Balancing — or pitting — First Amendment freedoms against each other is tough work. Akin to asking a parent which child is the favorite, seeking to favor one or two of the five freedoms — religion,[Read More…]
Breitbart Still Whining About O’Keefe Coverage, and Still Won’t Address the ACORN Pimp Lie
Commentary by Eric Boehlert Apparently Andrew Breitbart is spending his entire CPAC weekend in permanent whine mode (does he have any other?), as he moans and cries about how nasty and untrustworthy the press is. This, of course, coming from the same guy who won’t fess up to helping spread[Read More…]
Postcards from the Edge (And By ‘Edge,’ I Mean ‘CPAC’)
Commentary By Karl Frisch As the week comes to an end, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) will rage on, with Fox News host Glenn Beck slated to deliver the gathering’s keynote address on Saturday evening. It is unclear at this time whether Beck will have his trusty blackboard in[Read More…]
