Brownwood Talking Head's (KXYL) & Spoonfeeding
This is another exmple of the laziness of Brownwood Talking Heads @ KXYL 96.9 FM. Connie Carmichael goes off on a diatribe (see story below) without even exploring the other side of the story ( she thinks repeating worldnetdaily.com talking points (WND) is being responsible to her audience ! ) I believe Ben from Coleman, a frequent caller to KXYL, is right when he says that they simply use talking points. This is one of frequent daily examples where they try to influence their audience by giving them a "Neo-Conservative" viewpoint often utilizing "Neo-Conservative" news sources ! Fortunately, many people are catching on to how they are being misled by the Brownwood Talking Heads by the intentional failure to research "the rest of the story" . As Connie was spewing her talking points from worldnetdaily.com, I chose to research and contact the Hospice directly and received a press release from them (see below).
From: "Info@wghs.org"
Date: Fri Apr 08, 2005 02:13:29 PM US/Central
To:
Subject: Re: press release ?
April 8, 2005
Statement from West Georgia Health System
West Georgia Hospice/Hospice LaGrange
Federal (HIPAA) regulations prohibit us from speaking publicly about
the treatment or records related to individual patients. However, we
can say that we do not deny nutrition or hydration to any patient.
The staff of West Georgia Hospice/Hospice LaGrange provides
compassionate and quality care to each of its patients, which includes
offering food and water at frequent intervals.
Steve Harris and Steve Puckett
10:32 AM >>>
Our local talk radio station is using the story found below as 100%
factual. Can you please send us a statement in response to the charges
below so that we can counter any misinformation in an informed manner.
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Granddaughter yanks grandma's feeding tube
81-year-old neither terminally ill, comatose, nor in vegetative state
Posted: April 7, 2005
7:33 p.m. Eastern
By Sarah Foster
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
In a situation recalling the recent death of Terri Schiavo in Florida,
an 81-year-old widow, denied nourishment and fluids for nearly two
weeks, is clinging to life in a hospice in LaGrange, Ga., while her
immediate family fights desperately to save her life before she dies of
starvation and dehydration.
Mae Magouirk was neither terminally ill, comatose nor in a "vegetative
state," when Hospice-LaGrange accepted her as a patient about two weeks
ago upon the request of her granddaughter, Beth Gaddy, 36, an
elementary school teacher.
source: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43688
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