Hidden truths… and the newspapers that hide them.

No less than the New York Times reports today that the House Republicans failed to pass “fallback legislation to avert a fiscal crisis in less than 2 weeks…in an embarrassing defeat”.

And, wasted no time stating in that same article, “What he (Speaker Boehner) could not do was blame Democrats…”, implying automatic tax hikes on Jan 01 would be the fault of Republicans.

Sorry folks, in light of forty (40) House bills now molding away in the Democrat-controlled Senate, it’s a media-perpetuated myth that’s Just.Not.True. Specifically…

We refer journalist Jonathan Weisman and his NYT editors to House Bill H.R.8 and its House roll call 545, passed on 256 ‘yay’ votes (including 19 Democrats) August 01 2012, which (among other things) extends the Bush tax rates.

Did you know the House of Representatives passed legislation to extend the Bush tax rates? Did you also know that Harry Reid’s Democrat-controlled Senate refuses to allow this bill to be voted on in the Senate, all the while blaming a ‘do-nothing’ House GOP?

How could you know? And (of course), nowhere in this article are those inconvenient facts noted. Why let facts get in the way of blaming Republicans?

Sorry, Mr. Weisman, “fallback legislation” has been available to “avert a fiscal crisis” since August! The Democrat Senate refuses to vote on it!

Implying some ‘new’ legislation is the only answer, when stalled legislation that would avoid tax hikes has existed for over 5 months, is nothing less than journalistic malpractice.

And stating Democrats can’t be blamed is craven pandering.

But then…it is the New York Times…