Media Uncritically Trumpet Lieberman’s Dubious Public Option Claims

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Several media outlets have uncritically reported Sen. Joe Lieberman’s (I-CT) statement that he will oppose cloture for the Senate health care reform bill — which Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said will include a public option that each state could opt out of — because he believes the public option would create a costly government entitlement program that taxpayers can’t afford. However, as CBS News noted in a blog post on Lieberman’s…