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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Four of the Nation’s Top Five Papers Buried Obama’s Letter Calling for Government-Run Health Insurance

(CNSNews.com ) - When President Obama signaled last week that he wants a government-run, government-owned health insurance provision to be included in the health-care reform bill being readied in the Senate, only one of the nation’s top five, large-circulation newspapers thought it was worthy of front-page coverage.

The Los Angeles Times, which has the fourth highest newspaper circulation in the country, reported the story on its front page last Thursday.

The 933-word article, titled “Insurance mandate on the table; Obama indicates he’s now open to idea in healthcare overhaul,” said that Obama “signaled new openness to the idea of the government requiring that most Americans get medical insurance.”

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