Senator Chuck Grassley pleaded and begged and cried and bayed and groveled in front of President Bush, asking him not to veto a bill which would provide health insurance to poor families earning up to $83,000 a year and covering children up to 25 years of age.
You see, that's what happens when you live on Planet DC for too long. You start thinking that poor people are earning into the low $80s and that children include 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24 year olds.
The Des Moines Register's Jane Norman can't mention the $83,000 a year thing until the 17th paragraph of the story. Norman also quotes Grassley as saying "I'm frustrated for the kids of Iowa" but fails to mention that "kids" in this bill also include 24 year olds.
I don't know what they call this in the journalism world, but in the medical world they call intentionally leaving out such details malpractice.
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