I am a bit appalled at the number of people who have picked this misrepresentation up and are running it down the field. Even Politico has now changed their article title to "Bishops endorse the amendment"
with this update at bottom of article "UPDATED: Headline corrected." This morning that same article title said something giving the impression that the bishops had signed off on the bill with a headline that said Bishops endorse the Bill.
I have read, and reread. the letter from the bishops. They have made it quite clear that they are for reform but at no time do they support this bill.
"The nation and the Congress are now engaged in an intense and much needed national discussion on how to provide affordable and accessible health care for all. We are not experts on health care policy and cannot assess every provision of legislation as complex as this proposal. However, health care legislation is not just political, technical, or economic, but also moral. Health care reform is about life and death, who can take their children to the doctor and who cannot, who can afford decent health care coverage and who are left to fend for themselves."While I may think the USCCB is a useless organization and their leanings toward "social justice" ignore some pertinent points, I must defend them in this matter.
I suggest that bloggers and news aggregators correct this misrepresentation. I have always felt the biggest danger to the blogosphere is people not acting as real journalists and fact checking what they write.
Update:
From Hot Air: Catholic bishops endorse Pelosi Plan with Stupak amendment?
Notice the question mark?
"Now that Pelosi has allowed the Stupak amendment to come to a vote today, a rider that would more forcefully ban any federal funding for abortion coverage, the USCCB has announced that it will endorse the Pelosi plan, according to Politico:"And the comment section is full of the most virulent anti-Catholic comments. When their statcounter is low they love to start a Catholic bashing post. I suggest all you ex-Catholics and people that call yourselves Christians, tend to your own churches.
