sports channels have agreed to five-minute interviews? we all thought the health care story would fade after president obama finally got his hotly disputed bill through congress. on that point, we were wrong. the coverage took a dark turn this week with reports of death threats and vandalism against perhaps a dozen democratic lawmakers. some democrats started arguing that certain republicans were encouraging the threats and violence with their overheated rhetoric about the president and his supposedly socialist program. in much of the mainstream media, in tone and in story selection, they adopted that view. >> it can now be said that the debate over health care reform has gone too far. it's now veered into threats of violence. >> on twitter former alaska governor sarah palin told followers, don't retreat, reload. >> it turns out angry opponents of the bill unleashed threatening phone calls,