MRC's Bozell Commends C-SPAN for Urging Dems to Make Health Care Negotations Transparent

<p>&quot;Now that the process moves to the critical stage of reconciliation between the Chambers, we respectfully request that you allow full public access, through television, to [health care] legislation that will affect the lives of every single American.&quot;</p><p>Thus wrote C-SPAN CEO Brian Lamb <a href="http://www.c-span.org/pdf/C-SPAN%20Health%20Care%20Letter.pdf" target="_blank">in a December 30, 2009 open letter</a> to congressional leaders, calling for them to &quot;open all important negotiations, including any conference committee meetings, to electronic media coverage.&quot;</p><p>Today, NewsBusters Publisher and Media Research Center President Brent Bozell issued a statement of commendation to praise C-SPAN and Lamb for publicly urging the Democratic leadership to live up to the President's campaign rhetoric about transparency in government and praised C-SPAN:</p><blockquote><!--break--><p>Finally, a network that's not afraid to call out the liberal bullies in Congress who want to make healthcare policy behind closed doors. We commend Brian Lamb and C-SPAN for flexing their journalistic muscle and standing up for the transparency that Americans deserve.</p><p>Other networks should take note of what C-SPAN has done - saying enough is enough - especially when the health and wellness of every American is at stake. </p></blockquote><p>For the complete letter from Lamb, <a href="http://www.c-span.org/pdf/C-SPAN%20Health%20Care%20Letter.pdf" target="_blank">click here</a>. For video of Obama pledging C-SPAN coverage of health care negotiations and for video of him reneging on that pledge, <a href="http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/checker.aspx?v=Gd2GqGprIr" target="_blank">click here</a> and <a href="http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/video.aspx?v=Gd2GqGprVr" target="_blank">here</a>, respectively. </p>