Jon Stewart eviscerates CNN and calls out Sen. Jon Kyl for being a liar

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Jon Stewart and The Daily Show eviscerate CNN, which claims it is "the most trusted name in news" – um, no you are not. In the process, Jon Stewart calls out Sen. Jon Kyl for lying about the alleged savings from the GOP's favorite stalking horse, tort reform. "Arizona Senator Jon Kyl tried to sneak a whopper past John King… Holy, $1 to 200 billion just for malpractice reform? That is an impressively high, citation free, completely made up number. And Kyl had a bunch of them." CNN, of course, failed to fact check Jon Kyl's lie.

Sen. Jon Kyl can lie with impugnity because the feckless media villagers never hold him to account for his lies.

Fact Check: Enacting a comprehensive set of medical malpractice reforms would reduce nationwide health care spending by 0.5 percent, according to a report released today by the Congressional Budget Office. CBO: Tort Reform Would Cut Health Spending by 0.5% Roughly 0.2 percent of the savings would come as a result of the reduction in providers’ malpractice insurance premiums, while an additional 0.3 percent would come from “slightly less utilization of health care services,” CBO noted. The changes would reduce federal deficits by $54 billion over 10 years.