Hundreds of people rally for health care reform. Three dozen rally in opposition.
So which side gets more play in NECN's report?
Let's see: Counter-demonstrator Terren Bragdon gets the first word--for 16 seconds. He speaks up close, directly to a reporter. And then the shot cuts away to a tightly-edited montage of anti-reform placards while his commentary continues.
Then we get a mere 12 second chunk of Maine House Speaker Hannah Pingree's pro-reform speech from the podium. And then the anchor wraps things up.
Not exactly proportional representation.
Of course, the report characterizes reform legislation as, "government-run public-option health care reform." That tells you pretty much all you need to know about what NECN is up to here.
UPDATE: The PPH report puts the number of reform supporters at "about 500" and opponents at "about 25."
That's twenty-to-one.
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Is that the same NECN recently acquired by Comcast? Ah, Comcast, on my top ten list of favorite companies. In 2002 I kicked Comcast (then called MediaOne)out of my house, never to return. Their average rate increases for the prior four years had been 10.4 % per year. I'm sure they're working for the common good!!!!!
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