From TPM: Two contrasting headlines from two very different news outlets.New York Times: “False ‘Death Panel’ Rumor Has Some Familiar Roots”Politico: “Sarah Palin and “death panels” – is she helping or hurting her political future?” This gets at one of my biggest gripes: reporting that focuses on the political game without ever informing readers or viewers about the actual facts.

Giuliani: Obama only has himself to blame for health-care debate – hotair.com 08/14/2009 Want to know why the talk of “death panels” caught fire?  Don’t blame Sarah Palin, or even Charles Lane and Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post.  Rudy Giuliani tells Politico that the big problem with ObamaCare has been Barack Obama himself and the complete failure of leadership on his signature domestic policy:Giuliani, in an exclusive interview with POLITICO prior to delivering the keynote address

guardian.co.uk Obama feels summer heat over healthcare CNN International (CNN) — Washington DC is hot in the summer but President Barack Obama is learning that outside the capital right now it’s even hotter. … Obama westward bound with healthcare message Reuters Politics Today: Obama Heads West CBS News Can Barack Obama keep town halls cool? Politico FOXNews  - AFP  - The Associated Press all 1,364 news articles »

Rudy Giuliani campaigning for President in Santa Barbara, California September 2007 Photo By Flap Think that Rudy will run for Governor of New York? Former New York City Mayor and rumored gubernatorial candidate Rudy Giuliani said Thursday that President Barack Obama may be facing the first big loss of his presidency because he has not taken strong enough leadership on health care.