The one-sided debate on healthcare

June 25, 8:51 AMNew Haven County Independent ExaminerRobert Casapulla

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Jeff Poor at the Business and Media Institute has a great story about the one sided debate over heatlthcare that President Obama is participating in and is being facilitated by major media outlets:

ABC’s “Good Morning America” co-host Diane Sawyer billed the event as “a serious conversation” about the issue and she moderated the discussion along with her former “GMA” partner, now “World News” anchor Charles Gibson. ABC medical editor Dr. Timothy Johnson, a long-time network advocate for universal health care plans going back to Hillarycare, also participated in the event.

While Obama had to field some difficult questions -- from the audience and ABC -- he faced no Republcian critics of his proposals. The network also allowed him to dominate the program with long-winded and vague answers. Out of the 75 minutes the network dedicated over the two programs (commercials excluded), the president managed to take 60 percentof that time: 45 minutes to give 19 vague responses – not exactly the “dialogue” advertised by ABC.

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The story has a breakdown of exactly how long the President was allowed to drone on about healthcare and how long audience members and the two hosts were allowed to talk during this "townhall discussion."

Click HERE for the full story.