False Is The New True

clipped from justoneminute.typepad.com As if torn from the pages of the Onion, the Times is now defending fears about health care rationing that they previously derided. Here is their latest "reporting": A Basis Is Seen for Some Health Plan Fears Among the Elderly By ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON — White House officials and Democrats in Congress say the fears of older Americans about possible rationing of health care are based on myths and falsehoods. But Medicare beneficiaries and insurance counselors say the concerns are not entirely irrational. My goodness - was it only "White House officials and Democrats in Congress" that said elder-fears were "based on myths and falsehoods"?  Have the Times editors forgotten their headline from August 13? False ‘Death Panel’ Rumor Has Some Familiar Roots