Mainstream Scream: Reporter says Obama saved 'my finances and my life'
This week's Mainstream Media Scream features Extra TV's Jerry Penacoli, a cancer survivor who credits Obama for banning the lifetime coverage limit.
"You pretty much saved my finances and my life," he told Obama during a Rose Garden taping June 11 edition of the syndicated entertainment and pop news show.
Penacoli: "Today, my chance to thank the president for the Affordable Care Act."
To Obama: "You pretty much saved my finances and my life."
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Obama: "One of the goals for the Affordable Care Act was not just to help people get insurance who didn't have it, it was to give better protections for people who already had insurance."
Penacoli: "I think a lot of people don't understand that."
Obama: "And you were a perfect example of somebody who could be caught with debilitating bills or not being able to get the care you need."
Penacoli: "This has nothing, for me, to do with politics. I'm just letting you know —"
Obama: "That it made a difference in your life."
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Penacoli: "That it made a difference in my life."
Media Research Center Vice President of Research Brent Baker explains our pick: "Was Penacoli auditioning for a new show on MSNBC? He set a new sycophantic standard. It's gratifying that he's beaten cancer, but that's no excuse for using how it benefited him personally to hail a very controversial policy which has also hurt many who lost their insurance."
Rating: Five out of five screams.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at pbedard@washingtonexaminer.com.Donald Trump: U.S. needs a president with a 'nasty tone'
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