John Mazur of Waxhaw, North Carolina, is a father of two and small business owner who decided to give his Halloween decorations a spooky Obamacare twist this year. Grave markers in his yard mourn the death of American health care and the U.S. economy. Screen shots courtesy of WCNC, the Charlotte NBC affiliate that reported on the decorations.
But here’s how NBC Charlotte promoted the story on Twitter:
What do you think? Offensive? Waxhaw man displays anti-Obamacare Halloween decorations: http://t.co/sVE6eXLXAe pic.twitter.com/LLmPMOXfco
— WCNC Charlotte (@wcnc) October 17, 2013
Offensive? Oh, come on.
https://twitter.com/heelz972/status/390798024290865152
https://twitter.com/heelz972/status/390798223893622786
Odd, these “real journalists” didn’t ask, “What do you think? Awesome?”
https://twitter.com/BruceCarrollSC/status/390901047788466177
Awesome! (vid) RT @wcnc: Offensive? Waxhaw man displays anti-#Obamacare Halloween decorations: http://t.co/tiUjkTzvCA pic.twitter.com/v9gVKR1v5K
— McLovin (@McLuvln) October 17, 2013
Heh! Creative –> Waxhaw, NC man displays anti-#Obamacare Halloween decorations http://t.co/o7L7yEFU5P #ncpol #ncga #consnc #rednc
— Sister Toldjah ? (@sistertoldjah) October 18, 2013
NBC Charlotte has video of the decorations and an interview with Mazur who said, “Everything hit the fan on October first…. [My employees’] health plan goes up 37% this year.”
An update we couldn’t resist:
@wcnc All he needs now is a Tombstone that says "Journalism"
— American Insurgent (@Who_Me_Two) October 19, 2013
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Update: Twitchy’s Erik Soderstrom reached out to Mazur, who says he has no hard feelings against WCNC and notes the TV crew was fair in its reporting.