Using Smoke & Mirrors, Faux and Co. Double the Size of House Health Care Bill (Photos)

[Turborama]

Yet again Faux news are blatantly distorting their viewers' perceptions of reality. This time by stacking a huge pile of A4 paper on a mirror like desk and calling it the House Health Care Bill.

This is what 2,000 pages look like - the package on the right shows the height of A4 paper in comparison:



And this is the gargantuan pile that a Faux news cast member http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1_cXa9xXRs">used as a prop. I'm not too sure how much bigger it is than the real thing but I've generously guestimated it at double:



Here's a close up where you can see that it's a pack of 500 sheets that's just been opened:



Below is Faux's pile next to what Boehner stood in front of prior to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1_cXa9xXRs">her interview with him. At the base, there's about 5 or 6 inches not in view http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-q7Plh5VjY">in the video - but the version next to it shows some http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/30/behind-the-house-democrats-1990-page-health-care-b/">Washington Times optical trickery:



The fact that Boehner and Faux both used an oversized pile of paper shows that they're reading from the same propaganda script too, but my brain is a bit frazzled after playing around with these pictures to get into that.

http://blog.heritage.org/2009/10/29/what-to-look-for-in-the-latest-version-of-the-house-health-care-bill/">The Heritage Foundation have had a go at misrepresenting the actual size of the Health Care Bill too:



http://health.burgess.house.gov/UploadedFiles/House_HCR_bill.pdf">The bill itself does consist of 1990 pages but each page has 20 to 26 lines and each line has between 5 to 10 words. I think they would have been better off formatting the bill differently so that it consists of less pages and is easier to read.

[LynnTheDem]

1. But dontcha DARE call faux news an arm of the republic party!!1!

:rofl:

[ksoze]

2. These right wingers always exaggerate size - ask their wives and mistresses

[Clio the Leo]

3. This bill directly effects MY health care and that of my loved ones...

.... forgive me if I'm ok with LOTS and LOTS of pages. (But I'm one of them big gub'ment libs, what do I know?)