memeorandum: News Use across Social Media Platforms (Journalism.org)

12:05 PM ET, November 14, 2013

Top Items:

Glenn Thrush / Politico:

LOCKED IN THE CABINET — The worst job in Barack Obama's Washington. — Steven Chu is a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, a brilliant innovator whose research fills several all-but-incomprehensible paragraphs of a Wikipedia entry that spans his achievements in single-molecule physics …

Discussion: ABC News, Washington Wire, Weasel Zippers, Poynter, National Review, TheBlaze.com and NationalJournal.com, more at Mediagazer »

CNN:

First on CNN: Obama to push administrative fix for insurance cancellations — (CNN) - President Barack Obama will lay out an administrative solution to address the problem of people getting cancellation notices from their health insurance providers due to the Affordable Care Act …

Discussion: Mediaite, Weasel Zippers, p m carpenter's commentary, Washington Free Beacon, The PJ Tatler, Hot Air and American Spectator

USA Today:

Obamacare credibility going up in smoke: Our view — New HealthCare.gov data show just how broken it is. — CONNECT — The health insurance signup numbers the White House released Wednesday afternoon were deeply disappointing, though not particularly surprising.

Discussion: National Review

Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:

White House to Allow Insurers to Continue Canceled Health Plans — Obama to Deliver Statement — WASHINGTON—The White House on Thursday will announce a plan for allowing insurance companies to continue offering existing individual insurance policies even if they fall short …

Discussion: Roll Call, National Review, American Spectator and Conservatives4Palin

Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:

The Democrats Need to Stop Freaking Out About Obamacare and Take Charge — Well, here we are again—the Democrats are ‘in disarray,’ flailing on Obamacare. It's a potent story line, but this time Obama must crack the whip, stop the panicking, and make it work.

Discussion: Washington Monthly

The Hill:

House Dems about to ‘go crazy’ — House Democrats on Wednesday expressed increasing frustration at the Obama administration's inability to improve the rollout of ObamaCare. — Democrats said they're worried about “being dragged into this non-stop cycle” of bad news about the ObamaCare rollout …

Discussion: p m carpenter's commentary, Weasel Zippers and Twitchy

Erick Erickson / RedState:

It's a Trap! — Republicans are walking into a trap and they don't even realize it. — They are about to consider, in the House of Representatives, legislation by Congressman Upton that would allow people to keep their insurance plans. — There's a problem though.

Discussion: National Review, TheBlaze.com, Washington Examiner, p m carpenter's commentary, Business Insider, Mediaite, The Hill, Firedoglake, Washington Monthly, Brad DeLong and The Dish

Brian Beutler / Salon:
GOP's big Obamacare trap: Not as brilliant as they think!

Discussion: The New Republic, Washington Monthly, The Plum Line, Mediaite and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Wall Street Journal:
The GOP starts to offer Americans a better alternative.

Discussion: National Review

Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
How Obamacare Accomplishes The Unthinkable

Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Heritage Foundation

James C. Capretta / Weekly Standard:
The Upton Bill Is No Small Matter

Discussion: National Review, Betsy's Page and Power Line

Dana Milbank / Washington Post: Darrell Issa's Obamacare kangaroo court

The Hill:
Vulnerable Dems scramble to keep distance from ObamaCare

Discussion: Right Wing News and National Republican …

Kate Nocera / BuzzFeed:
House Democrats Have Lost Their Patience With The White House Over Obamacare

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Politico, Talking Points Memo, First Read, Taylor Marsh, The Hill, Hot Air and No More Mister Nice Blog

Emma Dumain / Roll Call:
Democrats Fume at White House Over Affordable Care Act's Troubles

Discussion: Hot Air, The World's Greatest … and The Gateway Pundit

Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Obamacare is in much more trouble than it was one week ago

Discussion: American Prospect, Shakesville, Politico, The Daily Caller, New York Times, Power Line, Washington Post, The Moderate Voice, TalkLeft, Right Turn, The Plum Line, The Other McCain, Washington Monthly and The Week

Ashley Killough / CNN:

Ring of House Republicans to call for impeachment of Holder — Washington (CNN) - A group of 11 House Republicans will introduce a resolution Thursday calling for the impeachment of Eric Holder, saying the Attorney General has lost credibility and trust over a string of issues in recent years.

Discussion: Politico and Outside the Beltway

John Bresnahan / Politico: House Republicans to call for Eric Holder impeachment

Politico:
GOP plan: Don't blow it

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Week, Althouse, The Hill and Conservatives4Palin

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:

Americans' Approval of Healthcare Law Declines — Currently 40% approve and 55% disapprove — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans' views of the 2010 healthcare law have worsened in recent weeks, with 40% approving and 55% disapproving of it. For most of the past year, Americans have been divided on the law …

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, Weasel Zippers, CNN, The PJ Tatler, Hot Air, Post Politics and Taegan Goddard's Wonk Wire

Jonah Goldberg / National Review:

Obamacare Schadenfreudarama — To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, you'd have to have a heart of stone not to laugh at the unraveling of Obamacare. — First, the obligatory caveats. It is no laughing matter that millions of Americans' lives have been thrown into anxious chaos as they lose their health insurance …

Discussion: Ed Driscoll and Instapundit

Washington Post:

Two Secret Service agents cut from Obama's detail after alleged misconduct — A call from the Hay-Adams Hotel this past spring reporting that a Secret Service agent was trying to force his way into a woman's room set in motion an internal investigation that has sent tremors through …

Discussion: In the Loop, TIME, Shakesville, New York Times, The Daily Caller, NBCNews, The Week and Liberaland

Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:

Voters May Cancel Democratic Coverage in 2014 — In a Quinnipiac poll, just 30% of independents approve of ObamaCare. — A few minutes into last Thursday's interview with NBC's Chuck Todd, President Obama said of the millions whose health insurance was canceled, “I am sorry that they …

Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:

Rand Paul: Chris Christie Won Because ‘He Got A Lot Of Federal Money For His State’ — An ongoing feud between potential 2016 contenders bubbled to the surface again Wednesday when Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) took a pointed shot at New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's (R) use of federal funds for Hurricane Sandy relief.

Discussion: Liberaland

Rand Paul / CBS Philly:
Sen. Rand Paul: Christie Reelected Because ‘He Got A Lot Of Federal Money’ Following Sandy

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …, Politico and First Read

Journalism.org:

News Use across Social Media Platforms — How do different social networking websites stack up when it comes to news? How many people engage with news across multiple social sites? And what are their news consumption habits on traditional platforms? As part of an ongoing examination …

Discussion: TheBlaze.com, TechCrunch, Mashable and Poynter, more at Mediagazer »

Marisa Taylor / McClatchy Washington Bureau:

Americans' personal data shared with CIA, IRS, others in security probe — McClatchy Washington BureauNovember 14, 2013 Updated 48 minutes ago — Facebook Twitter Google Plus Reddit E-mail Print — WASHINGTON — U.S. agencies collected and shared the personal information of thousands …

Discussion: Firedoglake

Wall Street Journal:

Obama open to health-law change — The government released numbers Wednesday showing that far fewer Americans had enrolled in private insurance plans under the new health law than expected and, in a marked shift, the Obama administration signaled it was open to legislation to fix the troubled rollout.

Discussion: Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, The Hugh Hewitt Show and White House Dossier

Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:

Republican Senators Slam Administration's Briefing On Iran — “I was very disappointed,” Sen. Bob Corker said. Sen Mark Kirk. said today is the day he witnessed “the future of nuclear war in the Middle East.” — Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Sen. Joe Manchin as they arrive …

Discussion: Power Line, Daniel W. Drezner, Israpundit and Israel Matzav