July 27, 2017
Morning Edition host Rachel Martin introduced an interview with Tom Nickels, spokesperson for the American Hospital Association by referring to Republican efforts to “fix” the nation’s health care system. This implies that the Republicans are trying to make the system better. This is certainly not obvious since all of their proposals are likely to take away insurance from tens of millions of people.
It shouldn’t be too hard to use neutral terms, like “change” or simply refer to efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. There is no reason for NPR to attribute good motives to the Republicans, especially when there is zero evidence to support this view of their actions.
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