AP debate "Analysis" ignored Obama's response to allegations he refused to support sexual abuse bill

SUMMARY: An AP article on the January 21 Democratic presidential debate reported on criticism of Sen. Barack Obama over the number of "present" votes he took in the Illinois legislature, including the charge that he had failed to act with respect to "the rights of victims of sexual abuse." But the AP did not note that Obama responded specifically to the issue of his "present" vote on a particular bill that the AP mentioned having to do with sexual abuse, stating that "I actually sponsored the bill" but that "after I had sponsored it and helped to get it passed, it turned out that there was a legal provision in it that was problematic and needed to be fixed so that it wouldn't be struck down."

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