Trudy Lieberman writes for the Columbia Journalism Review on the bad reporting on Social Security issues.
Showing posts with label Media and Social Security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Media and Social Security. Show all posts
Saturday, 7 December 2013
Bad Social Security Reporting
Posted on 07:05 by Unknown
Trudy Lieberman writes for the Columbia Journalism Review on the bad reporting on Social Security issues.
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Unemployment Benefits And Social Security Disability
Posted on 10:34 by Unknown
Wonkblog at the Washington Post decided to look into the question of whether people who are about to lose their unemployment insurance benefits will go on Social Security disability benefits and finds plentiful evidence that that hasn't happened in the past. The article, unfortunately, goes on to discuss the theory that because job openings aren't as plentiful now as they used to be that
Friday, 22 November 2013
Eunuchs Who Receive Crazy Checks: A Preview Of The Debate On The Social Security Disability Trust Fund
Posted on 06:27 by Unknown
Monday, 18 November 2013
Washington Post Doesn't Like Idea Of Increasing Social Security Benefits
Posted on 08:45 by Unknown
The Washington Post editorial board doesn't think that raising Social Security benefits would be a good idea because the money should be spent on younger people. The Post doesn't explain exactly how the money should be spent on younger people. Maybe someone can help me out by telling me how the Post wants to spend more money on younger people.
.I wonder if the bigger problem for the
Friday, 1 November 2013
Fox News Wants To Correct The Record -- Republicans Did Too Vote For The Ponzi Scheme Known As Social Security
Posted on 06:38 by Unknown
Could this be a faint ray of light from the right? Fox News has a story about how Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel got it all wrong when he said that the Social Security Act passed in 1935 without any Republican votes. As Fox News correctly points out, there were lots of Republican votes for Social Security in 1935. Is Fox News proud that Republicans voted for creating a dole, welfare,
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
More On Social Security Overpayments
Posted on 05:56 by Unknown
Another CNN Money piece on Social Security overpayments:
The Social Security Administration is overpaying big sums of money
to disability beneficiaries -- and lawyers, consumer advocates and
watchdogs say the agency's own missteps are to blame.
Long after notifying Social Security that they have either started
working again or earn too much income to qualify for benefits, some
The Social Security Administration is overpaying big sums of money
to disability beneficiaries -- and lawyers, consumer advocates and
watchdogs say the agency's own missteps are to blame.
Long after notifying Social Security that they have either started
working again or earn too much income to qualify for benefits, some
Monday, 28 October 2013
Is Social Security Sending Out $75,000 Checks To Random Claimants?
Posted on 06:09 by Unknown
From CNN Money:
Americans dealing with injuries, mental illnesses and other
impairments are being notified out of the blue that they’ve been
overpaid by the Social Security Administration and now owe thousands of
dollars.
One 33-year-old veteran began receiving Social Security disability
payments after his left foot was amputated following an explosion in
Iraq in 2007. After going
Americans dealing with injuries, mental illnesses and other
impairments are being notified out of the blue that they’ve been
overpaid by the Social Security Administration and now owe thousands of
dollars.
One 33-year-old veteran began receiving Social Security disability
payments after his left foot was amputated following an explosion in
Iraq in 2007. After going
Thursday, 24 October 2013
Charlie Binder Responds To Sixty Minutes
Posted on 13:38 by Unknown
Charlie Binder has posted something of a response to the Sixty Minutes piece on Social Security disability.
Monday, 21 October 2013
WSJ Fantasizes About Cuts To Social Security
Posted on 05:44 by Unknown
The Wall Street Journal is fantasizing about cuts to Social Security. It will happen -- just as soon as the Wall Street Journal supports higher taxes on those with high incomes. Anyone want to predict when that will happen?
Friday, 11 October 2013
NOSSCR Responds To Sixty Minutes
Posted on 08:10 by Unknown
Rebecca Vallas, the Deputy Director of Government Affairs at the National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives (NOSSCR), spoke on Counterspin, a project of Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR), today to speak about the recent Sixty Minutes story. Vallas details how misleading the Sixty Minutes piece was and argues against legislating by anecdote. Vallas' part of
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Karl Rove Chimes In
Posted on 06:06 by Unknown
There is little continued media attention to the allegations of serious wrongdoing at a Social Security hearing office in Kentucky. However, Karl Rove was on the Bill O'Reilly show to allege that this case demonstrated that there is no protection against fraudulent Social Security disability claims.
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Senate Hearing Getting Little Media Attention
Posted on 08:39 by Unknown
Yesterday's Senate hearing on the allegations of fraud at a hearing office in Kentucky has had surprisingly little resonance in the media. Of course, there have been some stories. Here are the links I've found:
Associated Press
Fox NewsGovernment Executive
The government shutdown-debt ceiling mess has crowded out a lot of news. Perhaps, the fact that the hearing ran ridiculously late
Monday, 7 October 2013
Vigorous Response To Sixty Minutes
Posted on 10:28 by Unknown
Media Matters has a blog post up concerning the criticism that the Sixty Minutes piece on the Social Security disability programs has received from national disability organizations.
Michael Hiltzik at the Los Angeles Times calls the Sixty Minutes story "shameful." He notes that the Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) who told Sixty Minutes how easy it is to get Social Security
Journalistic Ethics?
Posted on 08:12 by Unknown
Sixty Minutes had Jennifer Griffith and Sarah Carver speaking on camera about the alleged criminal behavior of Eric Conn without mentioning that Griffith and Carver are suing Conn in federal court seeking massive qui tam damages. Shouldn't that detail have been mentioned? Shouldn't Sixty Minutes have also mentioned that the federal government usually takes over meritorious qui tam actions
Didn't Know My Own Strength
Posted on 06:34 by Unknown
There's more at the CBS website on how brave they and Senator Coburn are to buck the powerful "disability industry."
Sunday, 6 October 2013
Getting Thrown Under The Bus
Posted on 17:57 by Unknown
The Sixty Minutes piece on the Social Security disability programs has run. It didn't seem fair or balanced to me that what I do for a living was represented solely by Binder & Binder and Eric Conn. I don't think that anyone familiar with this field of legal practice thinks that Binder & Binder (which isn't a law firm anyway) or Eric Conn is representative of Social Security attorneys.
60 Minutes Piece On Social Security Disability Tonight
Posted on 08:07 by Unknown
Sixty Minutes will do a piece tonight on Social Security disability, apparently focusing on allegations of wrongdoing in Puerto Rico and West Virginia, linking those situations to the possible exhaustion of the Disability Insurance Trust Fund in 2016. Expect a fair and balanced report.
@ccd4pwd will do a live tweet fact check on the 60 Minutes story.
Friday, 4 October 2013
60 Minutes Piece On Social Security Disability Coming On Sunday
Posted on 05:27 by Unknown
From the newsletter of the Association of Administrative Law Judges (AALJ):
This Sunday evening, October 6, the television news show “60 minutes” will air a story regarding the SSA disability adjudication system. AALJ Vice-President, Marilyn Zahm and I were interviewed for over 2 ½ hours by Steve Kroft of “60 minutes”. The interview covered many of the problems judges have experienced
This Sunday evening, October 6, the television news show “60 minutes” will air a story regarding the SSA disability adjudication system. AALJ Vice-President, Marilyn Zahm and I were interviewed for over 2 ½ hours by Steve Kroft of “60 minutes”. The interview covered many of the problems judges have experienced
Friday, 27 September 2013
Can't Trust Social Security's Website?
Posted on 05:55 by Unknown
Larry Kotlikoff, who appears on PBS's Newshour program, says that you can't trust the online advice you get from Social Security. Since the online advice he's referring to is nearly incomprehensible to the average person and what Kotlikoff thinks should be added to the online advice would make it even more incomprehensible, I don't know that this is going to matter much. What it does point
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)