Truth in News Reporting
Here is an example of the accuracy of the news that is being reported to us. The Washington Post writes, "Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said that the plan ... resembles the thinking of many Democrats ... to begin a troop drawdown in December. That resolution was defeated on a largely party-line vote in the Senate on Thursday." (Emphasis mine.)
Without doing any more research one is led to believe that the vote in the senate showed a very partisan response.
To check the accuraccy of this I found there were two votes in the Senate that had to do with troop withdrawal. They had the following results:
Iraq troop withdrawals: Defeated, 39-60
Withdrawal deadline: Defeated, 13-86
There are 55 Senators that are Republican and 45 Senators that are Democrats. A vote along party lines would look like this
Defeated, 45-55
It would appear that the vote for an orderly withdrawal without a timetable was weakly partisan (not largely along party lines as reported) and the vote for a timetable was nothing near partisan. That is why you should not infer anything from the news you read. If there is opinion involved, the opinion is slanted. If you disagree after reading this, you too could be a news writer. Sign up now, no scruples required!
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