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Daily Kos: Chuck Todd: Pointing out Republican lies isn't his job

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MSNBC host Chuck Todd said Wednesday that when it comes to misinformation about the new federal health care law, don't expect members of the media to correct the record.It's apparently only the media's job to give a bully pulpit to Republican lies, which is why when Todd's employer poll people on Obamacare, they get answers like this:
The misinformation led some of those polled to say things such as, "There are death panels in there, and they're going to decide whether people get treatment or not," as one Republican-leaning woman told NBC News.But, hey, that's not Chuck's fault. It's not his job to, you know, report on things and explain them and clear up misinformation. Because that means research, sifting through facts, figuring out which ones are real and which ones are made up. You know, work.
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