Faux News - Lies are easier to report than news

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So I usually read the Fox News website... just so I can see what they are reporting that noone else is... This morning, I was drawn to this article that has the headline:

Administration Proposes Significant Cuts to Benefits of Slain Officers
The president's proposed budget calls for cutting the Public Safety Officers' Death Benefits Program from $110 million to $60 million.

Read that headline and then read the text of the article...

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is asking Congress to slash almost in half a 43-year-old Justice Department program that provides death, disability and education benefits to the families of slain police and public safety officers.

President Obama's 2010 budget reduces funding for the Public Safety Officers' Death Benefits Program from $110 million this year to $60 million for next year's budget.

The program, which pays benefits of more than $300,000 to the survivors of a safety officer killed in the line of duty, received $118 million in 2008.

A Justice Department finance spokeswoman told FOX News that the proposed cut is a false statistic because the program requires "mandatory funding," which means the money is automatically paid to all the families of slain officers.

The proposed reduction to $60 million pertains to a projection for the Justice Department's planning purposes and last year's figure was high because it included a number of families that weren't in the system before, Justice spokeswoman Melissa Schwartz said.

"Any family member who is eligible for benefits under this program will receive them," she said. "If the amount of claims surpasses the amount requested, the program will be further funded."

This budget cut comes days before National Police Week in Washington. As is customary, Attorney General Eric Holder is scheduled to attend ceremonies honoring slain and disabled police officers.

The program offers a one-time disability payment to officers who suffer "catastrophic" injuries in the line of duty. It also provides higher education subsidies to spouses and children of officers killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty.

Killings of police officers reached their lowest point in decades last year, but are rising so far this year.

So far this year, 45 officers have died in the line of duty, according to The Officer Down Memorial Page Web site. By the end of May 2008, 43 officers had been killed. For all of 2008, 134 officers died in the line of duty.

and you wonder why liberal call Fox News - Faux News... this is a fake story to fool people with the headline.

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i just watch to see the hot bitches they got spewing the "news"

[Pleasurepays]

so... you just proved that they provided both sides of the discussion in the article and quoting an unbiased opinion from a qualified source to comment on the issue.

i wish other news was that honest.

retard.

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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays

so... you just proved that they provided both sides of the discussion in the article and quoting an unbiased opinion from a qualified source to comment on the issue.

i wish other news was that honest.

retard.

You need to learn how to read and comprehend what you read... the headline says that Obama is cutting benefits... while the fact is that no benefits will be cut and that the proposal is only for appropriations. Obama has not proposed any cuts to benefits. Understand now?