REMEMBER THE TERRI SCHIAVO DISGRACE?

I recall that several disability activists were supporting the conservative position that Schiavo was in fact conscious and should not be taken off life support.  Now, CBS has followed NPR's lead in an attack on Social Security Disability despite these facts:

The myths pushed by 60 Minutes have been repeatedly debunked by experts. The report admitted that the vast majority of people applying for benefits are denied, but ignored the fact that the majority of appeals are also denied, and that award rates have actually fallen during the economic recession. In April, the Wall Street Journal called the claim that federal disability benefits were to blame for people leaving the labor force "exaggerated,"explaining that disability was in fact the least common reason individuals left the workforce.

As the Center for Economic and Policy Research's Dean Baker noted, the report also "completely ignored all the comments from experts in the field ... pointing out that fraud is in fact not rampant in the disability program." Indeed, the Government Accountability Office has repeatedly found that fraud accounts for approximately one percent of all disability payments.

Will those activists now step up and defend SSDI?