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Those hate groups
From Instapundit: More on those alleged hate groups and Black Man Pleads Guilty to Posing as Obama-Hating White Supremacist on Facebook.

A law professor from Tennessee, Glenn Reynolds is one of the most widely read and respected Libertarian bloggers around. Instapundit.com Worth a read any day.

Creating a Groundswell
As we noted before, yesterday there was a London Telegraph story on British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and other U.K. government ministers joining Twitter to counteract stories about the National Health Service. It included this bizarre note.

In a highly unusual move, the British Embassy in Washington DC has been instructed to counter inaccuracies about the NHS which have received widespread currency in the US, such as the claim that treatment is rationed according to age.

The article "Gordon and Sarah Brown join US pro-NHS Twitter campaign" gave the Associated Press and other U.S. media a chance to produce a number of uncannily alike articles on how Britons "rally to defend their healthcare system."

AFP (Agence French Presse) Britain defends its health system from criticism in US
By Alice Ritchie (AFP)

Britons defend their health care from US criticism
By MEERA SELVA (AP)

Los Angeles Times: Britons rally to defend their healthcare system, say U.S. attacks aren't cricket by Henry Chu

The alternate view is probably familiar if you saw Glenn Beck's interview with Member of European Parliament Daniel Hannan.

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