Prior to 2000 it was clear that the national press would accept any Democrat statement as true with false statements left unchallenged. Al Gore tried to game the 2000 election and the national press not only accepted that awful tactic; the press demanded that it continue. Democrats discovered the new gaming tactics could be employed with impunity, Democrat Governor of Washington 2004, Al Franken 2008. Gaming won Obama the Democrat nomination and maybe the Presidential election. So do not be shocked if Obama Health Care is gamed into existence.
We saw again very recently in the Jim Bunning mess, where THE ENTIRE NATIONAL MEDIA, with a straight face, told us that Bunning was "obstructing" the unemployment extension-- while at any time Harry Reid could have called for a roll call vote and passed the extension instantly.