http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/7082/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/obama-not-blame-flu-vaccine-shortages-bush-was-tagged-2004 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The ongoing shortage of swine flu vaccine is not laid at the feet of the Obama White House: His name doesn&#039;t even appear in a story quoting &quot;federal health officials&quot; about the shortages. But with Bush and John Kerry locked in a close election in 2004, a Times headline spelled it out: &quot;Flu Vaccine Policy Becomes Issue for Bush.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>One word was conspicuous by its absence from Donald McNeil Jr.'s Wednesday report, "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/health/policy/18flu.htm">Officials Defend Handling of Flu Vaccine</a>." The word was "Obama." Instead anonymous "federal health officials" took the blame for the ongoing shortage of swine flu vaccine.<br /><br /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/obama-not-blame-flu-vaccine-shortages-bush-was-tagged-2004" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Health BarackObama DonaldMcNeil DoubleStandards GeorgeW.Bush liberalmediabias NewYorkTimes NewYorkTimesbias SwineFlu TimesWatch Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:42:00 +0000 admin 7204 at http://archive2.mrc.org