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With Push From Fox, Cornyn Takes 'Death Panel' Bait
In a Fox and Friends segment this morning, a Fox News legal analyst asked Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) whether the House health care bill has any changes "with regard to the death panel." Cornyn responded that it's "certainly something we'll... Sponsored Topics: John Cornyn - House - ...
Media  conservatives try to resurrect "death panel" myth
Media conservatives try to resurrect "death panel" myth
mediamatters.org — Linking to an Associated Press article about Medicare coverage for voluntary end-of-life counseling in the House health... care bill, conservative media outlets such as Fox News and BigGovernment.com have featured misleading headlines to revive the ... (more) Media conservatives try to resurrect "death panel" myth
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Pulling Out the Old Playbook
Talking Points Memo — ... Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) was on Fox News this morning when they suddenly started asking him if the "death panels" were still in the new health care bills that have now been unveiled. Cornyn seemed a little caught off guard, so he didn't inhale the bait, he just ...

Courtesy of Fox News: "Death Panels" - They're Ba-ack!
Daily Kos — Having been a bit too nuts the other day even for them, yesterday Fox News decided to stick to their tried-and-true tactics and returned to the "death panels": In a Fox and Friends segment this morning, a Fox News legal analyst asked Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) whether the House health care bill has any changes "with regard to the death panel." Cornyn responded that it's "certainly something we'll be focusing on."   [...] When Cornyn discussed the length of the bill, but not death panels, Johnson pressed him. ...

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