One of the most dangerous – yet persisting – lies out there about Medicaid expansion is that North Carolina is already paying for it in other states. Yes, at this point, ... Keep Reading
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Your Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren are Paying for Medicaid Expansion
At a presidential campaign stop in Indiana in 1968, Robert Kennedy was asked by a medical student who was going to pay for his healthcare proposal for poor people? Kennedy famously ... Keep Reading
N&O editors hyperventilating over recent BOG actions
I’m sure my eyes weren’t the only ones that rolled when N&O editors complained that the divisiveness and rancor of a recent UNC Board of Governors (BOG) meeting threatened the ... Keep Reading
How to Make News Disappear
Accused of not covering the news, the media often huff and puff and say, of course we covered that. But there's coverage, and there's coverage. Take President Trump's speech ... Keep Reading
Fake News? Beware of All News
People are waking up to the danger of fake news – phony stories hyped up by the media and politicians -- but we news consumers have to be alert to the subtler slanting of the news ... Keep Reading
N&O Needs Serious History Lesson
Today's N&O features this ridiculous editorial lambasting the NC General Assembly for being too financially responsible. The focus of their criticism is a bill that would ... Keep Reading
Inconvenient Truths of School Funding
Raleigh News & Observer Editors Were Offended by Facts, Churned Out Misleading Rebuttal Editors Have Their Partisan Narrative and Will Stick to It, Regardless of ... Keep Reading
AP and News & Observer Again Hide Real Story
Why do media ignore link between voter ID case and judge’s election campaign? Mike Morgan is a candidate in election affected by case before him. Most judges would recuse ... Keep Reading
What Does Grumpy N&O Have Against School Children?
Newspaper harrumphs about Opportunity Scholarships, but is silent on alternatives Program makes schools accountable to parents If scholarships are OK for college and pre-K, why ... Keep Reading
Fact-Checking the N&O Editorial Board
This morning, the Editorial Board of the News & Observer condemned a lawsuit brought by the Civitas Institute Center for Law and Freedom (CLF) on behalf of two individuals as ... Keep Reading
