Last week, Jake Tapper did a fact-check of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders’ claims that a Koch-funded study found that Medicare for All would save Americans trillions of dollars.
Yesterday, State of the Union posted an “updated” version:
Here is our updated fact check: https://t.co/qc7ITKNJ7s
— State of the Union (@CNNSotu) August 19, 2018
You can watch it here:
In case you missed it at the very end, here’s what the update was about:
Needless to say, Bernie Sanders still wasn’t happy:
I thank @jaketapper for admitting his “fact check” on Medicare for All was not factual and editing his video.
Sadly, Tapper's video on Medicare for All along with other “fact checks” is riddled with errors peddled by the Koch-funded Mercatus Center. Let's go through them: https://t.co/NHAOR6YNLG
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) August 20, 2018
Sadly for Sanders, Tapper’s not backing down:
While Sanders takes this opportunity to hammer the Mercatus study, a reminder that we never took a position on the study, or on Medicare-for-all.
We stated — as has every major fact checker — that he didn’t provide the full context of the study when saying it backs his argument. https://t.co/ZPkdxob3g0— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 20, 2018
Go through this, Bernie:
2/Politifact agreed that Sanders wasn’t providing the full context:https://t.co/YAH5z0kL7I
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 20, 2018
3/The Washington Post said Sanders and Democrats were cherry-picking facts:https://t.co/YuGCUfsCjI
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 20, 2018
4/ AP said: “Sen. Bernie Sanders is skimming over the facts”https://t.co/eR24ipzHuJ
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 20, 2018
5/As did @CNNSOTU in our partnership with @factcheckdotorg https://t.co/jBQ8bJZ3YP
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 20, 2018
6/ Not one of the fact checkers supported the Mercatus Center study nor did any of us oppose the Sanders plan Medicare-for-all. But we all maintain he’s using the study in a way that doesn’t provide the full context of the study.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 20, 2018
Bam.
https://twitter.com/OHFScratch/status/1031647069197557764
Well, yeah. Naturally:
What happened to thorough investigative reporting. Sounds like cognitive dissonance to cover a fail.
— 3D Bob (@DebBob63) August 20, 2018
You – and the Koch Brothers – lost this, and @MattBruenig and others won. And that is REALLY good news for the American people.#WavesFromAustralia
— Little Australia (@LitThom) August 20, 2018
Sorry @jaketapper I'll take @SenSanders compassion, optimism and vision for the future over your reporting anyday
— C. Rafael Parish (@parishiner) August 20, 2018
https://twitter.com/samknight_one/status/1031598935616442368
Jake, give it up. You are becoming a joke.
— Tyler (@tylerdugas) August 20, 2018
What can they say? They hate it when one of their unicorns turns out to be just another jackass.
Again, I applaud @jaketapper for his candor. He has been a straight shooter on this. https://t.co/QD4z52PQG5
— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D., M.S. (@Neoavatara) August 20, 2018
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