Slain Healthcare CEO’s Life Airbrushed by Media
Slain Healthcare CEO’s Life Airbrushed by Media
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Journalistic skepticism isn't magically exempt when someone dies
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Within hours of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s death by a gunman in Midtown Manhattan, the major media went full North Korea, lavishing praise on the sainted business leader. The Washington Post reported that the “smart and affable” Thompson had a “focus on keeping premiums low,” citing an unnamed company staffer who we’re to believe “spoke on condition of anonymity to protect their job.”