Elana Levin

Will Giuliani be in search of some new “expert” sources to quote?

Rudy Giuliani's spokesperson assures us that he is an "intellectually engaged human being,” which is why he quoted erroneous information about cancer survival rates from the Manhattan Institute's right-wing magazine, City Journal, in his ad attacking health care reform.

I'd like to offer to help him out of his intellectual quandary. I mean after all these years of trusting the Manhattan Institute's analysis on anything and everything, who's this candidate for President going to turn to for ideas?

Well, if he is looking for a more trustworthy source of research and policy information I can make a few suggestions.

He could go to Families USA for data, or listen to the doctors at Physicians for a National Health Program. Oh and there's us.

So it is important to check your source's accuracy before you use their information in a T.V. ad or in forming your policy platform. But you know, old habits die hard.

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Posted at 1:05 PM, Oct 31, 2007 in Health Care | Media
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