The 280-138 cliffhanger!
Posted by Moonage on 08 Mar 2006 | Tagged as: The Media
The Associated Press just seems so hell bent on opposing anything Republican that I think they don’t even double check their own writing so long as it’s biased AGAINST Bush. Here’s today’s example:
Law enforcement officials get to keep their antiterror tools, but with some new curbs, under the USA Patriot Act renewal passed by the House in a cliffhanger vote.
The 280-138 vote…..
OK, how many people think 280-138 is a "cliffhanger"?
Now, there IS a technicality that AP was quick to note in order for it to be a "cliffhanger". This was a vote to pass the bill on an expedited basis. If the vote had not passed 2 to 1, it would have gone back into discussion until cloture. In other words, it would have just taken a little longer to pass under normal circumstances. In simplest terms, it was a non-issue.
280-138 is a route. It’s a blowout. It’s a romp. What it most definitely is not, is a "cliffhanger".
Bad AP, very bad.
Bottom line, The Patriot Act passed mostly intact. That disappoints a LOT of people I’m sure, AP obviously.
- Technorati Associated Press, media bias, The Patriot Act
1 Comment »
on 30 Jun 2007 at 1:00 pm 1.David Vigliotti said …
hee-hee…cliffhanger. well, I guess maybe some people are so afraid of heights that the notion of it brings anxiety attacks?