«The Republican argument makes no sense if you understand what’s really at stake in this fight, or know anything about the history of health care reform in America.»

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-debunk-republicans-shutdown-talking-points-health-care

Ok, so this right here is the problem. “IF you understand.” “IF you know the history.”

These if’s do not hold for a very large fraction of the electorate, and any assumption that they do is going to lead to bad journalism. It’s all inside baseball and impenetrable.