Dear President Obama,
Over the years it has been great writing these letters to you, and placing them on the internet. I am an independent journalist with an MCA (Masters in Communication of Arts). The role of fake news in our news cycle, and in our political cycle is getting dangerous. I mean we are all liable to be influenced by fake news. And many of these reports are very alarming -- when it comes to President-Elect Donald J Trump. We know most people post news on sites, without vetting them -- share them and they become the norm.What doesn't become the norm is the simple notion of trending investigative reporting?
Most journalist recycle news, and place some of their input and perspective into what they are targeting. For example, when you follow the fake news narrative and you follow the monies of Make America Great Again; it leaves you with questions. These questions leads you to open more doors, and these door show you actual facts. In part, nothing being sent to you that comes from the pen of I -- is fake, and has always been exclusively summons, and briefed plus investigated.
The fake news narrative is not only all from Russian invasion in our elections. Russia, opened the door to this trend that is now dangerous. And it's dangerous to trending and real journalism, when people undermine real reporting.
Open Secrets: ( A non-partisan money tracker for political campaigns) shows: Donald J Trump's Make America Great again -- paid and used $125 million in media outlets. What is alarming is that a growing list of companies under this umbrella, used Fake News as a platform. Those are evident facts: Giles-Parscales was paid $58 million to create digital ads, that were extremely bad. Which is widely reported by Talking Memo Points, The Wired -- have said, many of the digital ads were fiction in part of Trump 2016.
In places like Maine: a company like LL Bean Heiress, is currently under investigation by the FEC, for violating donation reporting and contribution of funds. They reported $60,000 raised and spent $66,000 -- while not being registered as a PAC in the system. And it's very unclear where they garnished the funds from, and the main goal of this non-registered PAC, was to undermine Hillary Clinton in Maine. This report is coming from a 1/6/2017 article from CNBC News. This pack is owned by Dave Jones, and they are now facing a boycott over what is considered fake news.
A creditable company used fake news as a platform to tarnish and harm the campaign of Hillary Clinton in a state that has proportional electoral college voters. That lead to the undermining of our elections, based on lies from these news site -- which created a divide in our country.
What is alarming to any journalist is the notion that most of these fake news sites -- came from information fed to them by key members of Trump's administration. An unconfirmed source sites that Steve Bannon, hired LifeZette, which is noted for promoting fake news and ads that damaged Hillary Clinton's campaign. Now there's no way to track where the monies have came or exchanged from because LifeZette is a private institution and something this free based journalist doesn't have the resources to probe. The Intercept reported in November 26, 2016 that majority of the fake news are cronies of Make America Great. And based on FEC reporting, Make America Great Again ( PAC ) along with Breitbart paid campaign contributions to 25 fake news organizations like LifeZette, to distort the facts, and harm Hillary Clintion's campaign.
LifeZette, got all of it's information from Wiki Leaks, so they saw a story -- promoted by Trump 2016, ( Exclusive insiders to his campaign ) and promoted these stories on social media in targeted paid for by Make America Great Again ads. Ads that were displayed on twitter, instagram, and some parts of facebook.
When you place a targeted ad on social media, you are reaching a small market of people, and only giving them one side of the news.We are now in a state where 60% of the general public get their information from social media. And ads like this distort the news, and make it difficult to create a narrative in the general news cycle.
This blog believes that because of the Russians hacking the DNC system, and the will to win a campaign by Trump 2016 -- with the amount of money spent on fake news. Seriously, $90 million of the $125 million spent from Trump 2016, went to fake news that based their information off of the Russian Hacking crisis. Those are facts that have been reported by Open Secrets, CNBC news, bloggers, and government agents.They supplied the demand, and the demand went viral to undermine our election system, and news cycle. This can't be the new way to campaign, and use of fiction to beat your political enemies. Fake News is a serious problem, and should be addressed at the highest level. Fake news is so damaging, that even a investigative journalist, of free press -- now has problems with reporting facts, even with solid sources -- that are backed by NAMES, can't seem to become valid under Trump's imaginary world of fiction news.
Dear President Barack Obama,
The year is 2017, as we embark on the final days of your presidency -- let me reflect on what you have truly allowed us the people, to achieve from 2009 to 2016. I can remember getting a friend request on Facebook, and it said: Hello, I am Senator Barack Obama and I want you to join my campaign.
I also remember getting sent a link to fill out asking me about my role in your campaign of Organizing For America. At that time my popularity was at an all-time high, I was a national children's writer of the year. A recent college graduate from alternative education, and a beat writer for a few national broadcasting news organizations like: ESPN and NBC. My gift or talent was to write speeches, and organize the masses for the public. I can remember giving you one of my speeches, and stated you can take this farther than I can.
But let's not go into the long history of how you allowed us to organize your campaign -- Organizing For America. Instead let us congratulate you for helping us achieve these accomplishments. Since they have your name binding them in law, but we as the masses must remember how these laws came to fruit. Your most singular accomplishment is health care: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which is also known as ObamaCare. Thank You President Obama.
Thank You: for closing the Doughnut loophole.
Because of that notion, seniors don't have to share pills from the unpaid for Medicare Prescription Plan D -- has now been filled, with pay-go. And to pay for it the medical devise tax, known as Tort Reform; a general republican idea, paved the way for healthier senior citizens.
Thank You President Obama: For allowing the youth of America to stay on their parents health plans.
College students, or students in general were dropped from their parents coverage, and now they can stay on those plans until they're 26. That means, less students showing up to the emergency room with no insurance.
Without the hatred from the Republican Party, Patient Protection: Affordable Care Act has these Facts: the states that didn't step up the exchange, didn't see the savings in the actual bill. Take for example: New Jersey set up a state sponsored exchange has 5 million people covered. The premiums of those in New Jersey grew 5.4% from 6.4% from 2010 -2016. With an average of $1,400 in savings for all families. Savings that include lower Emergency Care payments, and lower deductions on out-of-pocket expenses. That means people who paid their premiums and didn't have lasting health problems got a rebate. New Jersey's Health Care System has sent out $17 million in rebates based on how healthy you as the person was because of Obamacare. Thank You.
Now if you take into the notion that Tennessee didn't set up an exchange, and the federal government had to set up the exchange, with full resistance from the state. In the aftermath, the commissioner of Tennessee's health insurance market -- calls the process a problem. Because the state refuse to set up the exchange 46% of those with packages outside of the market, did see their premiums increase based on private insurance companies, increasing rates, to overthrow Obamacare. As these markets received hard fines ( state regulations ) that created friction with the state sponsored system. So insurance companies that offered Obamacare, that came across state lines, had to pay out side fees from these States, which in turned force these companies like Cigna, couldn't operate under the rules in that individual state. And had to increase rates, or lose their license to sell insurance completely. So many of those companies with large pools of people -- that can create savings, pulled out of those states.
Now this isn't coming from me it's coming from Tennesse's Health Care, and when you break down the numbers -- republican states that refused Obamacare didn't get all of the benefits mention. So how come a company can compete in New Jersey, as the state followed the rules, and the insurance rates improve, while a state opposes the health care package, by not setting up the exchange, did actually see increases based on the rules of the state making it hard for that insurance company to compete in that state.
Moving Forward: Me, you and the entire community needs to defend this legislation to the fullest with facts. We need to rally in a way to show the public the benefits of the program is there, when state government takes it's part and work with the Obamacare. Because it's proven to work well, it even works extremely well in a republican lead state of Kentucky.
As a writer and independent journalist, I am committed to allowing people to understand the truth about Obamacare. Why, 9 years ago a person like me didn't have any options to health care because I couldn't afford it, had a pre-existing condition, and never was able to pass a screening to get health care. And I was a young college graduate at that time. I am one of those that you allowed to rally the people, with 50 million who signed a petition to keep Obamacare. I am one of those that was allowed to sit in the meetings with congressional leaders that drafted the actual bill. (Thank You for that)
And as a young educated man, I am one of the few that you allowed to give input on how to defend it in the Supreme Courts. (Thank You for that)
So as these republicans try and repeal the law, based on a lie -- I will be one of the few defending the facts of the law. And I will do it with a state by state compare and contrast of those who benefited compared to those who didn't benefit. And do it with company by company with actual facts of how republican states -- tried to dismantle the law in their state. As a way to disrupt the thinking of the law.
