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Traveling_Home Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-19-07 11:35 PM
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Terri Schiavo's Family Blasts ABC, New York Times on Faulty Reporting
http://lifenews.com/bio2268.html

Tampa, FL (LifeNews.com) -- Terri Schiavo's family is upset with the media for again erroneously depicting the disabled woman as "brain dead" when she was able to interact with them before her former husband took her life. This time, the Schindler family says ABC News and the New York Times wrongly reported on her condition

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Schindler said the media also fails to report the medical records confirming that Terri at one time was beginning to speak, or the videos of Terri interacting with her family and her surroundings. Those prove she was alive and responsive, he said.

"This has been a major problem with the mainstream media -- not just that they are writing that Terri was brain dead, but how they continue to inaccurately and irresponsibly report blatant falsehoods regarding my sister's condition," Schindler explained.

Suzanne Vitadamo, Terri's sister, chimed in as well.

"If the media took the time to research Terri's case, perhaps they would understand that she was simply a woman living with a disability, just like the 50 million persons living with a disability in our country today," she told LifeNews.com.

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schrodinger_I Donating Member (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-19-07 11:38 PM
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1. Why is this still even in the news?
It must be a slow news day..
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-19-07 11:39 PM
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3. It's not in the news. It's in the fake news.
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schrodinger_I Donating Member (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-20-07 12:17 AM
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5. Good Point...
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Traveling_Home Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-19-07 11:41 PM
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4. It's still been a topic in the disability forum - guess it's more personal n/t
Edited on Mon Nov-19-07 11:42 PM by Traveling_Home
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Pastiche423 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-25-07 01:15 AM
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7. Why personal?
Terri was brain dead, not disabled.

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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-19-07 11:38 PM
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2. lifenews is not a reputable news source
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-20-07 12:45 AM
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6. I think it's time for the nooz people to find a connection between Terri and Natalee.
And Anna Nicole, for good measure.

I mean, if they're gonna serve up crap, at least freshen it up a bit.
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