CBS Cheers ObamaCare Anniversary; Uses W.H. Stats Passed off as ‘Our Research Dept’

CBS Cheers Anniversary of ObamaCare; Uses WH Stats Passed Off as ‘Our Research Dept' (NewsBusters)

The CBS Evening News enthusiastically took to promoting ObamaCare in the form of a brief on its Monday night broadcast, hailing the fifth anniversary of President Obama signing the massive legislation into law. Anchor Scott Pelley began by reminding viewers that “[i]t was five years ago today that President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act known as ObamaCare.”

Continuing the White House spin, Pelley rattled off a few statistics regarding the health care law that he claimed were from “[o]ur research department” with the first being that “more than 16 million Americans have health insurance who didn't have it before.”