by David W. Moore on Jul 05, 2017
The Unpopularity of the Proposed GOP Health Care Bill
Several recent polls all agree that more Americans oppose than support the GOP health care plan, which is designed to...
Obamacare
by David W. Moore on Mar 23, 2017
More Than Half of All Americans Unengaged in Health Care Controversy? HuffPost/YouGov Poll
While most polls suggest the American public is hanging on every news story about the upcoming vote on the Republicans’...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 05, 2014
6 million is not one-third of 7 million: Fox News corrects its Obamacare sign-up graphic on air
Fox News messed up, then corrected, an on-air graphic enrollment for The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. The original graphic...
by David W. Moore on Nov 06, 2013
Fox News Poll Question: Obamacare Rollout – ‘Fine,’ ‘A Joke’… Or Something Else?
There are very few people who, paying even a smidgeon of attention to the news, could conscionably characterize the rollout...
by David W. Moore on Oct 31, 2013
Misreading the Polls on the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare
A quick glance at the latest poll results on “Public Approval of Health Care Law,” collected and averaged by Real...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 07, 2013
Affordable Care Act or Obamacare? Debate over which term is overused by journalists
National Public Radio's and the Associated Press's standards editors said staff shouldn't overuse the term Obamacare, This announcement comes about...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 28, 2012
CNN Corrects Health Care Ruling Errors with Tweets, E-mails, and on Website
CNN goofed up its coverage of the health care ruling this morning, and issued several corrections through its Web site,...
by David W. Moore on Jun 17, 2011
What Two New Polls Reveal about Public Opinion and Healthcare
Two recent polls by CNN and CBS News on the health care law enacted in early 2010 provide counter-intuitive...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 29, 2010
Fox News reports allegation of health care cover-up before fact checking anonymously written and sourced story
Journalists--especially in the mainstream media--aren’t supposed to run with anonymously written and sourced stories before verification, right? Whoops. Media Matters reported...
by Siobhan Dixon on Mar 20, 2010
White House Calls Out AP for Bad Fact Checking
The Democrats took to the blogosphere to blast the Associated Press for poor fact checking in a recent story that...