In a ill thought out, incorrect and frankly insultingly wrong article the Investors Business Daily have lowered even the low standards required by American Journalism. Amongst the detritus of paragraphs, claiming at one point that a group of NHS thugs decides who lives and who dies, comes a legendary statement.
Here it is:
“People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn’t have a chance in the U.K., where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless.”
For those people who live on the far side of the moon, or the US, there are a couple of mistakes in that comment. Essentially:
- Stephen Hawking is British and lives in the UK.
- Stephen Hawking is British and lives in the UK.
I appreciate that this is really only one point, but it is such a big one that it was worth mentioning twice. As one internet wag put it, “Well, they probably couldn’t tell he was British from his accent!”
Another puts it this way:
Hawking, his face a mask of terror, wisely covers his genitals
while NHS thugs pelt him with fruit. Tragically, Hawking’s
condition could be cured by only an apple a day…
I don’t know much about the current US President’s plans for the reforming of the US health service, but I do know that before I would comment on it I would at least check my basic facts.
Regards,
Basho
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