We all know the sad story about the Canadian cancer victim who would have died if she had to depend on Canada’s health care system. Morning Edition did the simple thing that news organizations are supposed to do, they investigated whether cancer victims are really left to die in Canada.

Well it ain’t so. Give the folks at NPR credit for this one.

–Dean Baker

Dean Baker is senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. He is the author of several books, including Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer. Read more about Dean.