Dennis Myers, Commentary

The dispute over whether the U.S. health care program should require all employers to provide birth control coverage for their workers provided an excellent opportunity for the kind of educational process our political system used to offer.

But this time it was treated as just another dispute between Republicans and Democrats, with points given for political ground yardage gained or lost by either side.

The fact that Republicans are rehabilitating President Barack Obama’s poll numbers by putting him on the popular side of innumerable issues has its interest, of course. But there is more at stake in these disputes, and journalism has a responsibility to get deeper than the question of who’s winning in setting government policy.

…{+}

The rest of this article is available to premium members only.
Login or Become a member