191
In interview, Beshear says he received calls about McConnell 'suggesting he's passed'
(www.courier-journal.com)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2026
191 points (96.6% liked)
News
38415 readers
2493 users here now
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious biased sources will be removed at the mods’ discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted separately but not to the post body. Sources may be checked for reliability using Wikipedia, MBFC, AdFontes, GroundNews, etc.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source. Clickbait titles may be removed.
Posts which titles don’t match the source may be removed. If the site changed their headline, we may ask you to update the post title. Clickbait titles use hyperbolic language and do not accurately describe the article content. When necessary, post titles may be edited, clearly marked with [brackets], but may never be used to editorialize or comment on the content.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials, videos, blogs, press releases, or celebrity gossip will be allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis. Mods may use discretion to pre-approve videos or press releases from highly credible sources that provide unique, newsworthy content not available or possible in another format.
7. No duplicate posts.
If an article has already been posted, it will be removed. Different articles reporting on the same subject are permitted. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners or news aggregators.
All posts must link to original article sources. You may include archival links in the post description. News aggregators such as Yahoo, Google, Hacker News, etc. should be avoided in favor of the original source link. Newswire services such as AP, Reuters, or AFP, are frequently republished and may be shared from other credible sources.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
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.
Yes, but presumably, since it was part of the press release from McConnell's office, it was fully authorized. So hiding the identity of who was sharing the information is weird.
A 100% authorized request is still going to go through hospital administration and lawyers to ensure that what's being stated is entirely consistent with what the patient authorized for release. If McConnell authorized "had pneumonia" then that's what they can say, and they can't even imply "had double lung transplant".
Beyond that, any complex patient will have multiple doctors. When the medical information is coming from four doctors under the supervision of a fifth, compiled by a PA for use by an administrator after legal approval I'm not sure it makes sense to say anything beyond "came from the office of".
Similar to how a municipal spokesperson will read a statement regarding a crime with information from "investigators".
In an ideal world the hospital administration exists in part to shield providers from public scrutiny in cases like this. You want doctors doing doctor stuff, not formatting press releases or dealing with death threats because they did or didn't have anything to do with Mitch McConnell being debilitated.