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It looks like the hospital administrator was incorrect in calling it a "minor heart attack..."
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The lawyer's heart condition Tuesday led Blanchard and hospital Administrator Peter Banko to say Whittington had suffered a "mild heart attack." However, their description of events does not fit that of a heart attack as that term is generally used.
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So it looks like the administrator is to blame, not the media.
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Exactly. The first reports I read stated that. Within a half hour everyone called it a heart attack.
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You can add this guy to the list of people the media wants to see die, because Cheney would face criminal charges regardless of circumstances. Perhaps they're calling heart palpitations a 'heart attack' because they think they can actually will the poor man to death. Who knows.
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Originally posted by todras:
Exactly. The first reports I read stated that. Within a half hour everyone called it a heart attack.
 Wouldn't that make sense? The hospital called it a heart attack, so why wouldn't everyone say it was a heart attack? The administrator F'd up. Not sure what his agenda might be, if any.
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I don't know who reported what. Just stating what I read. Agreeing with Davo.
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Originally posted by todras:
I don't know who reported what. Just stating what I read. Agreeing with Davo.
What's not to know
As for Davo's post, I don't know who "they" are, unless "they" refers to the administrator.
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Originally posted by Davo:
because Cheney would face criminal charges regardless of circumstances.
boy, you sure are quick to jump to conclusions. there would be no criminal charges for an accident. it happens all the time. there would only be criminal charges if he intended to shoot him or if cheney was being extremely wreckless while he was hunting, like as in spinning around in circles while just shooting everywhere, in other words, doing extremely wreckless actions knowing that injury would likely result.
but it obviously would still look bad for him. but what would that do? its not like he has to worry about running for election.
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Sometimes you can mess up a word so bad that spell check doens't know what the hell you're talking about.
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Originally posted by Viss1:
As for Davo's post, I don't know who "they" are, unless "they" refers to the administrator.
'They' refers to the media. I guess I was wrong to assume they would give that assertion as much scrutiny as they would something Bush said. I used to think the gods in the media were smart enough to know the difference between heart palpitations and a heart attack. But I don't disagree with the doctor's lack of confidence in the media's intelligence, which led him to give them a term they would understand ('heart attack') instead of one they may have problems with ('heart palpitations'). I, too, would count the syllables in a word before using it to describe something to the media.
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Originally posted by svt4stv:
boy, you sure are quick to jump to conclusions. there would be no criminal charges for an accident. it happens all the time. there would only be criminal charges if he intended to shoot him or if cheney was being extremely wreckless while he was hunting, like as in spinning around in circles while just shooting everywhere, in other words, doing extremely wreckless actions knowing that injury would likely result.
Though I am often quick to jump to conclusions, in this case I was merely quick to read:
Originally posted by NYT:
Under the law, even an accidental hunting fatality can result in criminal charges. Mr. Cheney could be charged with negligence, defined as failing to understand the dangers involved and disregarding them, or recklessness, defined as understanding the dangers and disregarding them.
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Originally posted by Davo:
'They' refers to the media. I guess I was wrong to assume they would give that assertion as much scrutiny as they would something Bush said. I used to think the gods in the media were smart enough to know the difference between heart palpitations and a heart attack. But I don't disagree with the doctor's lack of confidence in the media's intelligence, which led him to give them a term they would understand ('heart attack') instead of one they may have problems with ('heart palpitations'). I, too, would count the syllables in a word before using it to describe something to the media.
Acting as spokesman for the hospital, the administrator is a primary source. The media therefore had no reason to scrutinize his comments. If the administrator had said Cheney's buddy was having palpitations, would you expect the media to scrutinize that comment as well?
Also, do you have a source for your assertion that the administrator's statement was purposely incorrect rather than a mistake?
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