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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWaPo: CBS Ran Misleading Story On HealthCare.gov Security Issues
CBS News aired a misleading report on Monday about security issues concerning the federal health insurance exchange website based on leaked partial transcripts of a health care official's testimony, according to the Washington Post.
CBS reported that Henry Chao, lead project manager of Healthcare.gov at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, had been unaware of two major security holes in the website that could lead to identity theft.
"CBS News has learned that the project manager in charge of building the federal health care website was apparently kept in the dark about serious failures in the website's security," the CBS report reads. "Those failures could lead to identity theft among buying insurance."
When questioned by Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-VA) Wednesday at a House Oversight and Government Reform committee hearing, it became apparent that the security flaws that the CBS report discussed could not actually lead to identity theft.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/cbs-news-ran-misleading-story-on-healthcare-gov-security-issues
Another CBS News story comes under attack
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2013/11/13/another-cbs-news-story-comes-under-attack/
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So when CBS Evening News ran its report based on a leak, presumably from the (Republican) staff, but we don't know of a partial transcript excerpts from a partial transcript they said the security issues raised in the document, and I quote, 'could lead to identity theft among buying insurance,' that cannot be true based on what we established in our back and forth. Is that correct? Connolly asked during the hearing, as quoted by the Washington Post.
Chao responded that Connolly was correct.
No Dems on the CBS Evening News segment on the ACA tonight. Only R's on the committee grilling Chao.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)This should do the trick.
spanone
(135,841 posts)k&r...
jwirr
(39,215 posts)want to be the new faux news now. Sad.
OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)First the 60 minutes hit job on the disabled, then the false Benghazi story, then the false identity theft story. It appears we can't believe anything we hear on CBS!!