OK, first it was the NY Times and now it is CSPAN. I was off of the news sites for a couple of hours after the earlier debate and turned it back on 20 minutes ago. Did I miss something? The resolution on the floor is still the sham Republican resolution right?
Well, CSPAN just declared that the vote is a vote on Murtha's resolution and that they are interested to see how the moderates address "Murtha's resolution" by "cutting and running". This just followed the following statement in the NY Times article:
The vote tonight may force many Democrats to stand by Mr. Murtha or go on the record against his proposal. But Ms. Pelosi urged House Democrats to vote with the Republicans against the resolution being considered tonight, according to The Associated Press.
If the House isn't voting on Murtha's resolution, how could tonight's vote on a starkly different proposal have any relation to going on record on his proposal? Obviously it cannot. That statement is flatly inaccurate.
They should not be allowed to get away with these lies. The press is reporting false and misleading information. They are acting and behaving in a biased fashion. While this is not news to us, it needs to be corrected with a unified force. I wrote the public editor and so should everyone here. The email is public@nytimes.com
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