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Re: The dumbing down of the news
- Subject: Re: The dumbing down of the news
- From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@world.std.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 00:16:08 -0500
WCRB News strikes again!
On Friday's 6:00 PM newscast, Judy Ewel (sp) reported that Senators
voted =in favor= of the first article of impeachment (perjury), 55-45.
She actually emphasized the words "in favor."
I imagine that either the wire service reported it wrong or Ms. Ewel
can't read.
In case you got your information from that newscast that night, it so
happens that Senators voted =against= 55-45, with ten Republicans
voting against. The second article was a 50-50 split, with five
Republicans voting against.
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