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Post article falsely described asbestos bill opponents as "Democratic foes"
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Thu, Feb 9, 2006 4:34pm EST
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Wash.
Post article falsely described asbestos bill opponents as "Democratic foes"
Summary: A Washington Post article about the debate over asbestos legislation described support for the bill as bipartisan, but referred only to "Democratic" foes.
In fact, the bill has bipartisan opposition and bipartisan support.
A February 8 Washington Post article characterized a February 7 Senate vote to consider proposed asbestos legislation as "a setback for Democratic foes" of the bill.
In fact, as the Post's coverage has previously noted, there is bipartisan opposition to the asbestos bill, as well as bipartisan support.
The article, by staff writer Shailagh Murray, characterized the opposition as "Democratic foes" even though it noted in the next paragraph that the sole senator to vote against considering the asbestos bill was a Republican, James M.
Inhofe (OK).
Asbestos, a material once commonly used in construction because of its strength and heat resistance, has been linked to serious types of cancer and lung diseases, prompting large lawsuits by workers exposed to asbestos who later got sick.
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