{"id":2337,"date":"2015-03-03T17:32:39","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T17:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/?p=2337"},"modified":"2020-09-20T16:44:05","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T16:44:05","slug":"grubergate-timeline-history-of-how-the-gruber-revelations-were-handled-by-major-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/hot-stove-topics\/2337\/grubergate-timeline-history-of-how-the-gruber-revelations-were-handled-by-major-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Grubergate Timeline: History Of How The Gruber Revelations Were Handled By Major Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tt-box\">\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/hot-stove-topics\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3172\" src=\"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hotstovetopics-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"532\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hotstovetopics-01.jpg 532w, https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/hotstovetopics-01-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>November 8, 2014<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/politics\/articles\/2014-11-11\/meet-the-mildmannered-investment-advisor-whos-humiliating-the-administration-over-obamacare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rich Weinstein<\/a> posts videos taken from an economics conference, where Jonathan Gruber has a\u00a0puzzling admission.Jonathan Gruber at a\u00a0<strong>October 17, 2013<\/strong> conference, on the passage of the &#8216;Affordable Care Act&#8217;:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t_gJ_Rmg8EA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Speaking <strong>January 10, 2012<\/strong> at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber states that insurance subsidies are tied to state-based exchanges.:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uKXEunz2hMo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tt-box\">\n<h2>November 11, 2014<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/grubergate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Grubergate<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gruber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Gruber<\/a> Twitter hashtag appears<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tt-box\">\n<p><strong><strong>November 13, 2014:<\/strong><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/392644\/gruber-confession-charles-krauthammer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charles Krauthammer<\/a> calls the first video &#8220;the ultimate vindication of the charge that Obamacare was sold on a pack of lies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Kliff,<\/p>\n<p>senior editor at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2014\/11\/13\/7211279\/obamacare-jon-gruber-controversy\">Vox Media<\/a>\u00a0, attempts to put it in context:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Gruber\u2019s role was \u201cmostly number-crunching. In 2009 Health and Human Services awarded Gruber a\u00a0$297,000\u00a0contract to consult on \u2018options for national health reform.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Flashback:<\/strong> <strong>Sarah Kliff<\/strong> tweets <strong>March 29, 2012<\/strong>&#8230; (H\/T <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2014\/11\/13\/liberal-blogger-downplays-grubers-obamacare-role-but-once-said-he-pretty-much-wrote-obamacare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Caller<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahkliff\/status\/185353517773500416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jon Gruber, the health economist who pretty much wrote Obamacare<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tt-box\">\n<p><strong>November 14, 2014:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/melissaafrancis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Melissa Francis<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Grubergate\u2019 rages on \u2014 and for me, it\u2019s getting personal. So far NBC, ABC, the Los Angeles Times, the Associated Press, and others, have been only too happy to comply. <strong>Those outlets have not even mentioned the video evidence from Jonathan Gruber<\/strong>. It\u2019s shocking, but it actually doesn\u2019t surprise me because when I was at CNBC, I pointed out to my viewers that the math of Obamacare simply didn\u2019t work. Not the politics by the way. But just the basic math. And when I did that, <strong>I was silenced<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>WATCH: <span id=\"more-246119\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/video.foxbusiness.com\/v\/embed.js?id=3891956966001&amp;w=466&amp;h=263\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Francis <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/tvnewser\/melissa-francis-leaving-cnbc-for-fox-business_b100817\">joined FBN in 2011<\/a>. At CNBC she was the co-anchor of \u201cPower Lunch\u201d and \u201cThe Call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/video.foxbusiness.com\/v\/3891956966001\/melissa-francis-i-was-silenced-by-cnbc\/#sp=show-clips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click Here To See The Video<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaketapper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Tapper<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Obamacare architect <a class=\"twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gruber?src=hash\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\"><s>#<\/s><b>Gruber<\/b><\/a> in 6th video: &#8216;Mislabeling&#8217; helped us get rid of tax breaks <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/cnn.it\/1ub5mHm\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/bM39lEGTxj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/cnn.it\/1ub5mHm\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">cnn.it\/1ub5mHm<\/span><span class=\"tco-ellipsis\"><span class=\"invisible\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tt-box\">\n<p><strong>November 16, 2014:\u00a0<\/strong>President Obama on Jon Gruber (H\/T <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2014-11-17\/grubergate-senator-obama-vs-president-obama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zerohedge.com<\/a> )<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some adviser who never worked on our staff expressed an opinion that I completely disagree with&#8221;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HvK3ziuPtOw?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Flashback 2006:<\/strong> Senator Obama speaking at a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hamiltonproject.org\/files\/downloads_and_links\/Restoring_Americas_Promise_of_Opportunity_Prosperity_and_Growth_Transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2006 Brookings Institution meeting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;the brightest minds from academia and policy circles, many of them I have stolen ideas from liberally, people ranging from Robert Gordon to Jon Gruber.&#8221;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s6yoHcOhF0U\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Flashback July 25, 2014:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newrepublic.com\/article\/118851\/jonathan-gruber-halbig-says-quote-exchanges-was-mistake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gruber responds on the issue of State Subsidies<\/a> via The New Republic<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>There are few people who worked as closely with Obama administration and Congress as I did<\/strong>, and at no point was it ever even implied that there\u2019d be differential tax credits based on whether the states set up their own exchange.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Flashback March 10, 2010:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/janehamsher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jane Hamsher<\/a>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/jane-hamsher\/how-the-white-house-used_b_421549.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How the White House Used Gruber&#8217;s Work to Create Appearance of Broad Consensus<\/a> &#8220;The White House is placing a giant collective bet on Gruber&#8217;s &#8220;assumptions&#8221; to justify key portions of the Senate bill &#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tt-box\">\n<p><strong>November 18, 2014:\u00a0<\/strong> Jon Stewart Tackles \u2018Jerk\u2019 Gruber<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YsLojojHgig\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tt-box\"><strong>December 9, 2014:<\/strong><br \/>\nJon Gruber testifies and apologizes about his remarks as <a href=\"http:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gruber-Statement-12-9-ObamaCare1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;glib, thoughtless, and sometimes downright insulting&#8221;<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/forrest-gump-ph-d-1418171139\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Wall Street Journal&#8217;s editorial<\/a>, characterizes his apology as unpersuasive: &#8220;his response to substantive questions suggested that he is mainly sorry for getting caught on tape&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tt-box\">\n<p><strong>February 25, 2015:<\/strong><a title=\"Jonathan_Gruber\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jonathan_Gruber_(economist)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jonathan Gruber<\/strong><\/a> fired from Mass. exchange board via <a title=\"Jonathan Gruber Fired\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/jonathan-gruber-fired-from-mass.-exchange-board\/article\/2560729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Examiner<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts&#8217; governor has fired Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber from a board that oversees the state&#8217;s health insurance exchange, a source confirmed to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tt-box\">\n<p><strong>March 2, 2015:<\/strong><strong>The Daily Signal-<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/sharylattkisson.com\/meet-the-man-who-exposed-the-obamacare-stupidity-of-the-american-voter-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meet the Man Who Exposed the Obamacare &#8220;Stupidity of the American Voter&#8221; Videos<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y94qWig8PTU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tt-box\">\n<p><strong>March 4, 2015:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>King v Burwell transcript now available: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/FNV5zynVt6\">http:\/\/t.co\/FNV5zynVt6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottGottliebMD\/status\/573188458744717312\">March 4, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"emailsshowbiggerrolegruber\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"tt-box\"><strong>June 22, 2015:<\/strong><a name=\"emailsshowbiggerrolegruber\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/on.wsj.com\/1GAZ1Lw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emails show bigger role in health law for economist who made controversial comments on ACA<\/a> | @WSJ , wsj.com<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Morning Joe Mocks White House for Not Being \u2018Fully Forthcoming\u2019 on Gruber\u2019s Reportedly Large Role in Obamacare <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UxOt2nce7H\">https:\/\/t.co\/UxOt2nce7H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jay Turner (@jayturner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jayturner\/status\/613024345560997888\">June 22, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bloom.bg\/1Ldw1wJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biggest Health Insurers to Get Even Bigger Under Obamacare<\/a> | Bloomberg.com<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Obama&#8217;s &#8220;Single-Payer&#8221; Monopoly Looms As Healthcare Merger-Mania Heats Up <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ldJlxVx8ZV\">http:\/\/t.co\/ldJlxVx8ZV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 zerohedge (@zerohedge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zerohedge\/status\/613002227217776640\">June 22, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/LIVE Q&amp;A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vox Hosts Live King vs Burwell Q and A<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Do you have a correction or valuable addition to the timeline? Context matters! \u00a0<a title=\"Grubergate Timeline Corrections\" href=\"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/history\/politics\/2339\/grubergate-timeline-corrections-and-curator-discussion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Click here and help this timeline&#8217;s curator get the history right!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 8, 2014 Rich Weinstein posts videos taken from an economics conference, where Jonathan Gruber has a\u00a0puzzling admission.Jonathan Gruber at a\u00a0October 17, 2013 conference, on the passage of the &#8216;Affordable Care Act&#8217;: Speaking January 10, 2012 at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber states that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":3088,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[246,257],"tags":[259,258],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337"}],"version-history":[{"count":56,"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3175,"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337\/revisions\/3175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histowiki.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}