Atlanta TV Exposes Dem Congressman Yelling At Healthcare Questioner

August 8th, 2009 11:24 AM

As national media outlets and their employees depict town hall meeting protesters as right-wing outsiders organized by conservative organizations, the Atlanta affiliate of NBC aired a segment Friday evening that should act as a fine example of how this uprising in America should be covered.

11 Alive reporter Duffie Dixon not only showed a heated exchange between Rep. David Scott (D-13th District) and a man asking him about his position on pending healthcare legislation in the House, but also interviewed the questioner when Scott erroneously contended the man was not a constituent and was only trying to hijack his meeting.

As Dixon shared with her viewers, not only wasn't the questioner an organized outsider, he was actually a local doctor (video embedded below the fold, h/t Hot Air via Terri Green):

Attention national media: THAT'S how this subject should be handled if you have any journalistic integrity left.

Those interested should watch the entire unedited exchange between Scott and Dr. Brian Hill: