stem cell research - what controversy?

OK, so the Obama wants to loosen the rules on stem cell research and the press presents it to the world as a "controversy." What controversy? This is another example of the same manipulative stuff we get all the time from the media - even the so called most liberal media (NYT - NPR). All I heard this morning was "controversy" "controversy" "controversy." AHHHHH! The only controversy is that there are a small percentage of scientifically retarded people who have no claim to make statements about such things (i.e. religious fanatics). The only issue should be if there is controversy in the scientific/medical community - and there is not (except of course for the very low % of medical practitioners who are religious fanatics but this seems to be oxymoranic anyway -- there would be no modern medical practice without the rejection of fundamentalist religious ideology).

So for the press to constantly harp on the controversy over stem cell research is completely irresponsible at best and wholly right wing propaganda at worst.

This kind of thing makes me more and more sick - maybe I'll need an infusion of stem cells to my brain to dumb me down to their level of ignorance!