ABC and CBS Spike Ohioans Rejection of ObamaCare Mandate, NBC Sees Voter Call for ?Restraint? | NewsBusters.org
"Conservatives had some significant victories in Tuesday’s scattered elections across the country, but the broadcast network evening newscasts on Wednesday night – with the exception of one topic on NBC – decided to only highlight, as did the morning shows earlier in the day, setbacks for conservatives.
“Ohio voters rejected a Republican-backed measure that limited the collective bargaining rights of public workers,” CBS anchor Scott Pelley noted of the measure which won by 61 to 39 percent, but neither he nor ABC’s Diane Sawyer informed viewers a ballot measure which will bar ObamaCare’s mandate won by an even more overwhelming 66 to 34 percent.
The Columbus Dispatch reported the initiative “was approved by nearly a 2-to-1 margin, winning in every county....Issue 3 adds an amendment to Ohio’s Constitution stating that ‘no law or rule shall compel, directly or indirectly, any person, employer, or health care provider to participate in a health care system.
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None noted the big Republican gains in Virginia’s House of Delegates and takeover of the commonwealth’s Senate chamber, nor two wins in Mississippi for conservatives where, National Review’s John Hood noticed, voters gave “overwhelming approval to statewide measures that end the abuse of eminent domain for economic development and that require a photo ID to vote
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