Major media adopting Bush spin on health care plan

Katie Couric is the latest major news figure to parrot the Bush administration spin on its new health care plan without a critical review of what it really means.

Exerpt from Media Matters:

On the January 25 edition of the CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric echoed the Bush administration claim that its proposed "tax break" would "help" the uninsured "buy" health insurance, without noting that the plan would reportedly do little to help many of those who currently lack health insurance. In fact, even the Bush administration has reportedly stated that the tax deduction would help only an estimated 3 million to 5 million of those currently uninsured to be able to purchase health insurance, likely leaving more than 40 million people without insurance.

Whatever happened to "real" journalism?