D. T. Hill Sounds Off....

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The site development was coordinated through the Center for the Study and Improvement of Regulation at Carnegie Mellon University. CSIR is based in the Department of Engineering & Public Policy, and CSIR research focuses on the use of science and risk information to support and evaluate regulatory decision making. In cooperation with the Information Systems Program, CSIR is developing a number of interactive tools in areas traffic safety, mortality risk, vehicle technology, and hospital admissions.

The refusal by ABC and NBC to run a national ad critical of President Obama's health care reform plan is raising questions from the group behind the spot -- particularly in light of ABC's health care special aired in prime time last June and hosted at the White House.

The 33-second ad by the League of American Voters, which features a neurosurgeon who warns that a government-run health care system will lead to the rationing of procedures and medicine, began airing two weeks ago on local affiliates of ABC, NBC, FOX and CBS. On a national level, however, ABC and NBC have refused to run the spot in its present form.