{"id":47388,"date":"2016-08-28T08:23:21","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T12:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=47388"},"modified":"2016-08-28T08:23:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T12:23:21","slug":"american-electorate-loses-as-partisan-media-coverage-of-candidate-health-turns-outright-bizarre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=47388","title":{"rendered":"American Electorate Loses As Partisan Media Coverage Of Candidate Health Turns Outright Bizarre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>The recent media frenzy surrounding Clinton and Trump&#8217;s health records has accomplished little more than to, once again, expose a &#8220;press&#8221; that is becoming increasingly partisan with each passing day.<\/p>\n<p>Right-leaning media outlets have spent countless hours reporting on the various health issues experienced by Clinton over the years and pointing to pictures of her falling down on the campaign trail or seemingly zoning out at times as evidence of her frailty.\u00a0 Meanwhile the left-leaning organizations have mostly dismissed the Hillary health concerns as conspiracy theories of right-wing nut jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Like this <strong>tweet from a New York Times columnist calling on google to censor commentary on Hillary&#8217;s health<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/twitter.com\/fmanjoo\/status\/767410421078687744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<p>Or this interview by <strong>Rachel Maddow where Hillary&#8217;s health concerns are repeatedly dismissed as conspiracy theories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"max-width-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"fitvid808485\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZVL2rjkLGL4\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The problem is that Hillary&#8217;s potential health issues were easy to dismiss when they were only being covered by some &#8220;right-wing&#8221; media outlets like Breitbart.\u00a0 But now, as <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/pundits-blog\/media\/292292-clinton-health-questions-off-limits-or-legitimate-issue\">The Hill<\/a> points out, reputable doctors are starting to come forward to suggest that Hillary&#8217;s health might be a serious issues.\u00a0 One such person is Dr. Bob Lahita, Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, who offered the following comments on Hillary&#8217;s health:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote_start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"quote_end\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This is a very unusual story with Hillary,\u201d said Lahita, pointing to the two blood clots she&#8217;s been diagnosed with in the past. &#8220;<strong>The very fact that she\u2019s having these clots and she\u2019s had two bouts of thrombosis is disconcerting to say the least.<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>When asked if questions about Clinton&#8217;s health are legitimate and not part of a political conspiracy, Lahita said without hesitation, \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s a conspiracy.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lahita then pivoted to past presidents who entered office with health problems.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou go back to the history of our presidents and we\u2019ve had many presidents up until Lyndon Johnson who\u2019ve concealed their health during their campaigns,&#8221; explained Lahita.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It had dire effects for our country, going from Kennedy to Roosevelt, <strong>to Woodrow Wilson, whose wife ran the White House for some time,&#8221;<\/strong> he continued, &#8220;So we have issues here and I think both candidates should be very forthcoming and perhaps have an impartial panel of physicians review the data and make that kind of decision before Americans go to the polls.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Last week, we also reported how Dr. Drew Pinsky, board-certified medicine specialist and CNN employee, broke the mold of conformity at CNN, when he said that he is &#8220;gravely concerned&#8221; about presidential candidate Hillary Clinton\u2019s health, pointing out that treatment she is receiving could be the result of her bizarre behaviors (see &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-08-25\/cnn-cancels-dr-drews-show-one-week-after-he-voiced-grave-concern-hillarys-health\">CNN Cancels Dr. Drew&#8217;s Show One Week After He Voiced &#8220;Grave Concern&#8221; For Hillary&#8217;s Health<\/a>&#8220;).\u00a0 <strong>Pinsky&#8217;s honesty promptly got him fired from CNN.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With legitimate doctors coming forward with questions about Hillary&#8217;s health, the left has been forced to pivot on their &#8220;conspiracy theory&#8221; narrative.\u00a0 Which is why they are now going on the offensive by <strong>raising questions about Trump&#8217;s health and painting his doctor as someone who belongs in the &#8220;loony bin&#8221;<\/strong> (they may have a point there actually).<\/p>\n<p>Countless hours of media coverage have been spent analyzing the following letter from Trump&#8217;s doctor who declares <strong>&#8220;If elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency.&#8221;\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user230519\/imageroot\/2016\/08\/27\/Trump%20Health%20Letter.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user230519\/imageroot\/2016\/08\/27\/Trump%20Health%20Letter_0.JPG\" alt=\"Trump Health Letter\" width=\"600\" height=\"732\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And the following video where Trump&#8217;s doctor admits he threw together the letter in a rush&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-width-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"fitvid233900\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_KEWXHLwDR0\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While we find the media circus &#8220;entertaining&#8221;, we have some radical ideas on how to put this topic to bed.\u00a0 Is the health of the next President of the United States a legitimate issue?\u00a0 Of course it is &#8211; let&#8217;s face it, no one is voting for the candidate with the best VP.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So why not just have a transparent process where independent doctors review and assess the historical health records of both candidates?\u00a0 Wouldn&#8217;t the American voters benefit from some facts rather than the empty media rhetoric?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But, logical solutions like that wouldn&#8217;t sell many newspaper or TV ads so no holding of breath please.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-08-27\/american-electorate-loses-partisan-media-coverage-candidate-health-turns-outright-bi\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-08-27\/american-electorate-loses-partisan-media-coverage-candidate-health-turns-outright-bi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}