Welcome to the Best of the Left Podcast with clips today from Counter-Spin, The Young

Turks, The Rachel Maddo Show, The Colbert Report, Mother Jones Radio, Real Time with Bill

Omar and The Daily Show.

When it comes to the ongoing debate over health care, the distance between public sentiment

and the corporate media is striking.

On September 25th, the New York Times fronted their new poll on various political issues,

ranging from Afghanistan to the health care overhaul, which the articles lead said made

people anxious and confused.

But to get to the really newsworthy part, you had to read the article from the bottom up,

where you'd quickly find this buried gem, quote, on one of the most contentious issues

in the health care debate, whether to establish a government-run health insurance plan as

an alternative to private insurers, nearly two-thirds of the country continues to favor

the proposal.

What's more, the poll actually asked whether people supported the government offering

everyone a government-administered health insurance plan like Medicare.

That would be more ambitious than even some of the public option proposals discussed in

Congress.

In other words, the public prefers a substantially more progressive health care plan than anything

being discussed in the beltway or in the corporate media.

In fact, they seem to support something resembling the Medicare for All concept that was trashed

in the previous Sunday's New York Times.

But after being buried, that news was quickly erased from the Times' memory.

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