Wednesday, 15 December 2010
The Zadroga bill, passed in the House with bipartisan support months ago, was intended to (finally!) pay for health-care costs of 9/11 responders who developed problems as a result. But the bill was defeated in the Senate, to universal outrage. Peter Johnson Jr., with a cool jazz soundtrack, commented in lyrical style on Fox News:
But what about ... the rest of the story?
In the introduction, Gretchen Carlson mentioned that the Senate vote was 57-42, one senator being absent. But somehow, neither she nor Johnson got around to mentioning that the 57 votes in favour were cast by Democrats; all 42 Republicans voted against it.
Fortunately, we can depend on Jon Stewart for another perspective:
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