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The whole issue of media coverage of obama care making it worse or better piling it on. your take? >> i think that the role of the fourth estate is to challenge the president. i think theres a lot that has gone right with obama care. i think in todays media environment you can find that news. that news is often on the front page of "the new york times." its also the role of the media to challenge obama where hes made mistakes. the white house will be the first people to admit obama care rollout ...

I mean, you have to think about this in a more global sense. because providers are the people that are on the front lines taking care of the patients. and if they cannot get the money they deserve for taking care of the patients, theyre not going to do it. and i totally agree with you, ed, that the democrats should not have caved yesterday. that was horrible. >> if the president wants to admit a mistake. if the president wants to admit a misjudgment or inartful set of words that he put out in fr...

Tis the season for rooub fleecing, ed. john mccain was once the truth-teller of the gop. he was like the chuck d. and sarah palin is the flavor flav. if you want to spread christian values, you dont go being mad at people for saying something inclusive. you take care of the poor, sick, the least among us. the only problem is, if you talk that way, christians like sarah palin will call you a socialist. this is all about her trying to rebrand herself, until the day comes she is finally an announce...

Announcement extending junk insurance plans for yet another year. he says, what happens to these families in a year, will these families still see their insurance costs go up? president obamas changes to his own law will likely be the first of many. its a bad law. mike, what do you make of rick scott going down this road? hes trying to make some amends? whats happening in florida? >> he certainly knows about insurance corruption. as you know, he was run out of texas by, interestingly enough, for...

In wendell potter of the center for public integrity and dr. corey hebert of lsu health science centers. mr. potter, you first. how much of a setback is this? how much of a win is this for the insurance industry? how damaging to obama care? your thoughts. >> first of all, ed, thank you so much for what youre doing and calling it like it is. i appreciate you and your work. its so important. this had is i think a temporary setback. the president was hemmed by people of his own party who should hav...

0 republicans have looked at something that happened in the obama administration to compare it to katrina. so it is becoming one of their rituals. just like we voted 48-plus time s against the repeal of health care reform now every other day theyre going to be calling everything katrina. this is their seventh time theyve called something katrina. >> you know, melissa, you live in new orleans. >> yep. >> you lived through cat rinna. your mom is in new orleans. to compare this, katrina was about a...

0 further. not only would junk insurance be extended, its a trojan horse, but insurance companies would be allowed to sell new junk policies with things like lifetime limits on coverage. this totally goes against the affordable care act. the bill would gut the consumer protections put in place by the law known as obama care. well, earlier today, here we go, uptons bill passed the house with the support of 39 house democrats. and the liberal community across america, theyre wondering, what the he...

>> they owe us an apology for putting that buffoon on our air. >> they still need me? look, actually, the show ought to be called the six. as far as ratings, were doing just fine. ask cnn and headline news for that matter. the bottom line? the five, they need my material. the conservatives still owe an apology to the uninsured americans for obstructing their care. the five? they dont owe me an apology. maybe just a production credit. the five needs my material, apparently. if the five want me to...

Obamacare. >> i hate to get into this. >> you dont know crap about that. you want to get into that i will go head to head. >> dana, when over 3 million people. 3.2 million according to the associated press have lost their healthcare greg said 50,000 people have enrolled, how do you message this? i want to play the first clip because democrats are busy trying to figure out who to blame. ed schultz says republicans should be apologizing for this. >> it was reported in the media he has apologized t...

To work who need common sense gun reform, immigration reform, increase the minimum wage, its just not working. we do need real reform in the area of campaign finance reform, and we need to tell people, this good evening, americans. and welcome to "the ed show." is a time to get more involved. live from new york. lets get to work. dont check out. dont get cynical. youve got to check in, and ♪ really bring about a situation >> the american people can where you have responsive understand that y...