CBS Finally Discovers ObamaCare Price Spike, Baffled as to Plan’s Problems

Scott Whitlock | October 25, 2016
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[See NewsBusters for more.] The baffled journalists at CBS finally discovered what should be a massive story: ObamaCare premiums will skyrocket in 2017 by 25 percent. Yet, after ignoring the story on Monday, CBS This Morning allowed a scant 88 seconds on Tuesday. This is despite the fact that co-host Norah O’Donnell called the development a “big story” and “really interesting.” NBC, which also initially skipped the report, managed to cover it on Tuesday. On CBS, Gayle King explained that “millions of Americans face a huge increase in ObamaCare premiums and fewer insurance choices.” She oddly stated that “about one in five consumers will be able to choose from only one provider.” (If you have only one option, it’s not a “choice.”) After O’Donnell’s 32 second news brief, O’Donnell, without any irony, marveled, “That’s a big story.”