National Review Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
T he Heritage Foundation recently convened a meeting of experts to discuss “Weapons of Mass Destruction and America’s Communities,” the various ways our terrorist enemies might attack us and our allies in the future, and what might be done to stop them. You can imagine what a merry gathering this was. The most obvious concern: the spread of nuclear weapons. Within the group, there...
Big Lizards (Free subscription) | yesterday
When we accused Democrats of trying to unplug Grandma from life-support to save a few bucks, they called us fear-mongers. They called Sarah Palin "delusional" when she rightly pointed out that medical rationing would amount to a "death panel." But a recent airing of CBS's 60 Minutes offers a textbook example of what is going to happen all across the nation if we let ObamaCare pass....
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
CBS' "60 Minutes" was the fifth most watched television program last week, its highest in-season weekly rank since March 22nd. The program drew 15.98 million Total Viewers and benefited from a Patriots vs. Jets lead-in, which averaged 20.61M viewers in the 7-7:30pmET hour, according to TVbytheNumbers . Bob Simon interviewed the Newsweek reporter who was released from an Iranian jail, Steve...
Gov20, HealthIT & Healthcare Reform (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
“The Cost of Dying,” which aired Nov. 22 on CBS News’ 60 Minutes explores the incredible amount of money spent on healthcare at the very end of people’s lives. It was an extremely timely and valuable program. As end of life care is brought to the forefront on the health reform debate, it is worth taking some time to watch the video below. In 2008, Medicare paid $50 billion for...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Considering how fond liberals are of "teachable moments," it was surprising that CBS's "60 Minutes" missed one on its Nov. 22 broadcast . "60 Minutes" correspondent Steve Kroft took an in-depth look at one of the most expensive aspects of modern health care - the cost of end of life care. However, he didn't highlight the federal government's culpability in driving up...
CBS News (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Steve Kroft reports many people hospitalized near the end of their lives are spending their last days in an intensive care unit, subjected to extraordinary care at enormous cost. Bob Simon interviews Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari, who was recently freed after four months of interrogation and torture at the hands of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Those stories and more on 60 Minutes...
Hummers & Cigarettes (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Did anyone else watch 60 Minutes tonight? Steve Kroft 's piece seemed to dovetail beautifully into the idea of ObamaCare's "death panels." As CBS describes the episode -- "The Cost of Dying : Many Americans spend their last days in an intensive care unit, subjected to uncomfortable machines or surgeries to prolong their lives at enormous cost. Steve Kroft reports. " Watch CBS News...
CBS News (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Steve Kroft reports many people hospitalized near the end of their lives are spending their last days in an intensive care unit, subjected to extraordinary care at enormous cost.
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Health care will be the major topic on Sunday morning shows, and "60 Minutes" will devote a segment to it as well. Too many Americans are dying badly, Dr. Ira Byock tells Steve Kroft on the CBS news magazine. Nearly...
Medical Futility (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
This Sunday, on 60 Minutes , Steve Kroft interviews Ira Byock about the cost of dying in America. Byock takes Kroft through the intensive care unit at Dartmouth-Hitchcock. "This is the way so many Americans die," he says. "It's extremely expensive. It's uncomfortable. Many times they have to be sedated so they won't reflexively pull out a tube or sometimes their hands are restrained."...
National Review Online (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
A s the U.S. Senate weighs a 2,074-page health-care “reform” bill, supporters of a government option for medical coverage consider this the finest federal initiative since the Emancipation Proclamation. Yet today’s headlines show government severely bungling its current health-care duties. Expanding Uncle Sam’s medical portfolio is a prescription for fraud, fiscal incompetence,...
CBS News (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Steve Kroft, Lesley Stahl, Bob Simon, Morley Safer, Byron Pitts, Scott Pelley, Andy Rooney LENGTH: 43:00 LEAD: Byron Pitts and 60 Minutes cameras spend two days on the road with a bomb-hunting unit in Afghanistan as they encounter one deadly bomb after another. Lesley Stahl meets the inspiration for the lead character in the classic film Jurassic Park. Those stories and more on 60 Minutes...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
In honor of Veterans Day, TVNewser would like to take a moment to recognize the following TV news anchors, reporters, and technicians who've served in the U.S. armed forces. We apologize for those missing, of which there are likely many, but here is a brief list: Bob Schieffer , "Face the Nation" host U.S. Air Force Oliver North , Fox News "War Stories" host U.S. Marine Corps,...
Titivil (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Here's some super-scary, and I haven't seen it splashed around the Internet, so let's check it out — in 2007, a couple of terabytes of information was ganked from federal servers by parties unknown : Steve Kroft reported that we are, more than any other country, vulnerable to such attacks because we’ve moved so much of our government and industry onto the internet. The whole piece was downright...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Watch CBS News Videos Online What 60 Minutes Got Right (Thanks to Us) -- Defense Tech Last night Steve Kroft of 60 Minutes looked into how computers and the Internet can be used as weapons, a topic we have covered here for nearly two years. It was a very good piece. The 60 Minutes online and on- air coverage discussed multiple events (cyber attacks) including...
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