by Bill Scher | Oct 9, 2007 | Blog
Last month, I noted that the coordinated attack against SCHIP had failed miserably, leaving conservatives desperate. Who knew how desperate they would get? Conservative bloggers have begun an intimidation and harassment campaign against 12-year old Graeme Frost and...
by Bill Scher | Oct 8, 2007 | Blog
In both SCHIP debates held on ABC's This Week and CBS' Face The Nation, hosts passively allowed Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt and Rep. Adam Putnam to spread misinformation without correcting the record. On ABC, Leavitt repeated the $83,000 lie:...
by Bill Scher | Oct 5, 2007 | Blog
Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked....
by Bill Scher | Oct 4, 2007 | Blog
In These Times and ThinkProgress had already taken the White House to task for pushing the lie that the SCHIP bill would raise the income eligibility limit to families earning $83,000 a year. Of course, Bush is still saying it: "this program expands coverage, federal...
by Bill Scher | Oct 4, 2007 | Blog
As noted here before, House conservatives are sweating the upcoming vote to override Bush's veto of SCHIP expansion. Unlike Bush, everyone in the House is up for re-election in 2008. Support for covering 4 million more children with health insurance, and paying for...
