"To hear the press tell it, President Trump's executive order dismantling unbudgeted Obamacare subsidies for insurance companies is little more than the act of heartless, evil right-wingers pushing Grandma in her wheelchair straight off the cliff.
The coverage is absolutely shrill:
Trump Will Reportedly Cut Vital Obamacare Subsidy, Potentially Throwing Marketplaces into Upheaval –Slate
Trump attacks Obamacare with executive order –NBC News/euronews
Opinion pages (one-sided, of course) and so-called analyses are even worse:
Throwing a bomb into the insurance markets, Trump now owns the broken health–care system –Washington Post
Trump's Obamacare Order Will Deepen Health Inequality –New York Times
...A look at President Trump's actual executive order Thursday tells an entirely different story from what the media is reporting, vindicating the arguments of Trump apologists such as Steve Bannon, that Trump's capacity to reach Americans directly without media mediators is key to his connection to the voters.
Without the media's obscuring lens, Trump's actions really look pretty good – especially in this Obamacare instance..."
Without the media's obscuring lens, Trump's actions really look pretty good – especially in this Obamacare instance..."
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