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Jon8503 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 10:20 AM
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Bush Hypocrisy on Terri Schiavo Ignored by FOX, the "Real Journalism" Netw


Lynn; will add this from News Hounds as follows along with your post if ok. Thanks, Jon

While FOX News reporters fall over each other trying to prove their concern for the life of Terri Schiavo, nobody is reporting about the cases in Texas where life support is being removed by hospitals over the objections of family members. The law allowing that to happen was signed in 1999 by then-governor George W. Bush.

Lest anyone thinks this is a case of Bush "evolving" in his opinions, just five days ago a Texas hospital removed life support from a baby over the objections of his mother. Yet Bush never made a peep. Neither did FOX News.

According to FOX, keeping Schiavo alive was so important to Bush that he flew back to the White House to sign a bill that Congress planned to enact just for that purpose (no coverage, of course, from FNC about why Congress is focusing on this state court decision involving a private, family matter). From an AP story, FOXNews.com reported:

During previous travels, Bush has had legislation flown to him overnight by military plane for his signature. But in this case, McClellan said that the fact that a woman's life is at stake made it necessary for him to travel to the bill. "Terri Schiavo's feeding tube has been removed and we stand with ... all those who are working to defend her life," he said.
So why does Bush think Schiavo's life is worth saving but the baby's isn't? Could it have something to do with finances? In another case of a Texas hospital trying to cut off life support over the objections of a family, The Houston Chronicle reports,

http://www.newshounds.us/2005/03/20/bush_hypocrisy_on_t...



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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 10:23 AM
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1. SHHHHHH!!!
You're ruining The Passion of the Terri.
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chelsea0011 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 10:39 AM
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2. Agreed...........keep it down, will ya. Truth and reason is not the agenda
This administration is lies and corruption..24-7.
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