The previous post notes Senator Bernie Sanders' speech on the floor of the US Senate today, but what I didn't get into in that was the way that the website "The Hill" dealt with that speech. Perhaps Senator Sanders repeated himself during the whole 30 minute speech in a slightly different way, I didn't listen to the whole thing, being sort of averse to self-induced aneurysms, but it seems that the quote that The Hill has differs significantly from what Senator Sanders actually said.
"The day will come, although I recognize it’s not today, when the U.S. Congress will have to vote to stand up to … all those who profit every single year off of human sickness,” Sanders said. "That day will come."
My transcript of what Sanders actually said(at 3:42) according to the C-SPAN video:
"The day will come, although I recognize it is not today, when the United States Congress will have the courage to stand up to the private insurance companies, and the drug companies, and the medical equipment suppliers, and all of those who profit and make billions of dollars every single year off of human sickness. And on that day when it comes, and it will come, the United States Congress will finally proclaim that health care is a right of all people and not just a privilege. And that day will come, as surely as I stand here today."
A bit different, eh?
Always watch for the ellipsis. Even so, the first quote above is not accurate. That's shoddy at best. Manipulative? Maybe.
Surely it tells you that you can't completely trust "The Hill" to truly tell what was said on The Hill.
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