• wuffah@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    It would be so awesome if it turned out they taxidermy’d his body, sat him up in a hospital bed, and forced his wife to take a picture with his dead body and today’s newspaper stuffed under his hand lol

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    22 hours ago

    I will be beyond angry to find out the Absolute Gem that was Sam Neil died and that Lich Bitch Mitch is still alive

  • IamSparticles@lemmy.zip
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    A health professional quoted in McConnell’s update said the senator developed pneumonia early in his hospitalization, though he was able to recover from it “quickly” with antibiotic treatment.

    It’s interesting. They identify the quote in the press release as coming from “a health professional”. The release itself just says “from the office of the attending physician”, without any further identification of who was providing the information. Was it a doctor? A nurse? A PA? Receptionist? Janitor? Who the hell knows?

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      That’s not entirely strange. Commenting on the health of a patient is really restricted. There are circumstances where it’s allowed in limited capacities but I wouldn’t expect a doctor to actually provide information. That information would be updated by a doctor, compiled by a PA, and given to an administrator to clear with lawyers.

      It’s locked down enough that I wouldn’t expect any different even if the request was coming directly from the patients lawyer. Being a high profile patient just means there’s more eyes making sure the statement is in line with the authorized disclosure.

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    Objection, hearsay.

    This is gossip-grade rumouring. When a journalist does some actual verification reporting, then it’ll be news.

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      I listened to the actual interview he did with Katie Couric. It’s not a failure of reporting, nor hearsay.

      Gov. Beshear was reporting actual calls his office has received indicating McConnell has likely died, while personally maintaining that the truth is not yet known to him. He did so within the context of personally not ever having received anything from either Mitch McConnell or McConnell’s staff beyond the one photograph and the press release the public got, despite being the governor of Kentucky and technically McConnell’s boss.

      Honestly, the gov was working overtime to be understanding, and was very careful with his words, but even so he’s clearly had enough.

      The interview (read the transcript if you don’t have time to listen):
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF3Yao2KZWI

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    Either he did or didn’t. Put it in daylight so we can see and evaluate. Dems are disgusting.