Networks Ignore GAO's Study on ObamaCare Accepting Fake Applications; NBC Touts Enrollment

Matthew Balan | July 23, 2014
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[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]

The Big Three networks' morning and evening newscasts have yet to cover the Government Accountability Office's undercover tests of ObamaCare's sign-up systems that uncovered that fraudulent documents were able to procure federal health plans and subsidies. Amy Goldstein of the Washington Post reported on 23 July 2014 that "undercover GAO investigators tried to obtain health plans for a dozen fictitious applicants....All but one of the fake applicants ended up getting subsidized coverage — and have kept it."

Brian Williams glossed over this GAO investigation on the 23 July 2014 edition of NBC Nightly News, but set aside 21 seconds of air time to tout the latest enrollment numbers for ObamaCare:

BRIAN WILLIAMS: In this country, there are new numbers out tonight on the first year of enrollment under the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as ObamaCare. Turns out 10.3 million adults gained health coverage during the first open enrollment period. The rate of those uninsured in America fell from 21 percent to about 16 percent.

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