Janie Campbell describes Florida political ambush reporting at its finest in Watch Rick Scott Pretend He Hasn't Been Busted For Misleading Obamacare Ads. The Youtube video is below. Be sure to watch past the first 20 or so seconds, the section we're interested in is the second question.
This video shows local television reporters asking Florida Governor Rick Scott (R) about one of his election ads which falsely implies that 300,000 people in Florida have lost their health insurance because of Obamacae, he declares the ad is accurate.
Let's watch this beast in his native habitat:
"Clearly, the ad's accurate," Scott told reporters gathered outside a senior center in Miami on Wednesday.
"But it's not, governor!" insisted one reporter, who pointed out that the Blue Cross-run agency at the center of the claim had already debunked the numbers. A second reporter continued to question the assertion, which has been factchecked by newspapers across the state and discredited. Scott, however, remained unmoved before being "quickly ushered away by his media aide," according to CBS:
Scott has been running a television add against his challenger former Governor Charlie Crist attacking Crist for his support of the Affordable Care Act falsely claiming in the ad that 300,000 Floridians have had their health plans canceled. Florida Blue did mail 300,000 policy holders a notice last fall that their plans might change, but it turned out most of its members ended up keeping their plans. Politifact rated Scott's claims "mostly false."
"Technically, there were a couple of hundred members with unique plans that were not continued. We chose to migrate those plans to new ACA-compliant ones instead of making changes to their existing benefits," Florida Blue spokesman Paul Kluding told the Miami Herald in a statement. "Other than those unique members, no one else lost coverage due to the ACA."
As reporters refuse to back down and point out his error, Rick Scott squirms off camera. "Exit stage left! Pronto!' Excellent reporting, and it is fun to see these GOP con artist get called on their BS.
Republican Governor Rick Scott has stood out as one of the Republicans most deserving of being replaced in my opinion. He is one of the Republicans I have pledged my personal time to help defeat, so I am pleased to be able to bring you this video clip this morning. Please watch it to see what a true weasel we are dealing with here. And imagine how much better and happier Florida is going to be as a state when he is voted out.