Fox's Medical A Team member, Dr. Marc Siegel, a reliable member of Fox's right wing propaganda team, is always willing to promote right wing talking points especially with regard to health care reform about which he has misinformed and fear mongered. But I'll let you in on what appears to be a dirty little secret. Siegel was once a liberal. How liberal was he? So liberal that he wrote for that commie, leftist mag, "The Nation." Oh, nooo.....
He, OMG, even denounced "intelligent design" in a column which OMG said that "scientists have shown that God didn't plunk down a plant on one extremely long day, followed by an animal the next, followed by man the next, followed by a woman made from Adam's rib." And even worse, there this: "But at least theoretically, single-payer should remove a lot of the distortion and self-seeking behavior that contribute the most to the enormous rise in healthcare costs." I guess he has evolved?
H/T to a reader
But I’ve watched multiple cases of people going from the left to the right and vice versa. David Brock was a notorious right wing muckraker in the early 90s. He was the one who described Anita Hill in fairly unpleasant terms in public. But he changed his politics and went to the left to start Media Matters. (And he started that with an apology tour with Anita Hill). Ariana Huffington once backed right wing politicians, particularly when she supported her husband Michael in his campaign. (We should note she’s gone back and forth across the line over the years.) On the other hand, Dennis Miller once was more openly liberal and critical of the GOP. Over the years, his conservative side took over, and he flipped to the other side. Some of this may have been consistent throughout, but there’s a definite pronounced shift we can see from A to B. Ron Silver is another one who shifted from left to right. And there are many more, going in both directions.
The difference here with Siegel, and with several of the others who have happily taken paychecks from Fox News, is that the change in positions seems to be motivated by the financial gain. And frankly, that’s not a sign of someone who really has principles in either direction.
“Siegel was once a liberal. How liberal was he? So liberal that he wrote for that commie, leftist mag, “The Nation.” "
Dear Priscilla: As a VERY PROUD subscriber to “The Nation” magazine, let me remind you of its motto:
“NOBODY OWNS THE NATION. Not Murdoch. Not Disney. Not General Electric, Time Warner, Viacom or Comcast”
