Wash. Times ‘ Wolf “Lie[s]” To Accuse Obama Of Lying On Health Care
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 21st, 2011 4:45 am by HL
Wash. Times ‘ Wolf “Lie[s]” To Accuse Obama Of Lying On Health Care
In a Washington Times column, Dr. Milton Wolf, a blogger who purports to be a distant cousin of the president, accused President Obama of lying about aspects of health care reform in claiming that health care reform would lower the deficit and that “there are no death panels,” among other things. In fact, most of Wolf’s accusations are based on persistent, long-debunked right-wing myths about health care reform.
Wolf Claims It Is A “Lie” That Health Care Reform Will Reduce Deficit
CLAIM: Health Care Reform Will Not Reduce The Deficit. In his list of “Obamacare falsehoods” that appeared in his Washington Times column, Wolf wrote “The deficit will be reduced: Lie.” [Washington Times, 3/20/10]
Wolf Falsely Claims Health Care Reform Includes “Death Panels”
CLAIM: The Health Care Reform Bill Includes “Death Panels.” In his column, Wolf further claimed one of the “Obamacare falsehoods” about health care reform is that it doesn’t contain “death panels.” [Washington Times,
[Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Change, accessed 1/14/11]
IPCC: Most Of Recent Warming Is Very Likely Due To Increase In Greenhouse Gas Emissions. The Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change — a scientific body compiling research from thousands of scientists — concluded in 2007 that “warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average sea level” and that “most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely [defined in the report as a ‘>90%’ chance] due to the observed increase in anthropogenic [human-caused] GHG [greenhouse gas] concentrations.” [Pages 8 and 17, Synthesis Report, Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change, 2007]
