Move along…nothing to see here.
Via Newsbusters:
Three of the nation’s major newspapers downgraded ObamaCare architect Jonathan Gruber’s testimony to the U.S. Senate, keeping it off the front page. The Washington Post placed Gruber, best known for assailing “stupid” Americans, on A-4. The New York Times on Wednesday demoted the story to page A-20.
After recapping Gruber’s comments, Times writer Robert Pear related that the ex-aide argued:
I behaved badly, and I will have to live with that, but my own inexcusable arrogance is not a flaw in the Affordable Care Act. The A.C.A. is a milestone accomplishment for our nation that already has provided millions of Americans with health insurance.
It wasn’t until paragraph 15 that Pear offered in-depth coverage on Gruber’s damage to the administration:
Though he strongly supports the health law, Dr. Gruber has made statements that appear to undercut arguments now being pushed by the Obama administration in court cases challenging the payment of premium subsidies in states using the federal insurance exchange. Under the law, the federal government provides a backstop if states fail to establish exchanges.
In contrast, the Times devoted the entire top half of the front page and four internal pages to the Senate’s investigation of whether the CIA and George W. Bush tortured detainees.