"Breaking News": ABC flashes Bush claim that it's Congress -- not Bush veto -- that would stop troop funding

Following President Bush's April 3 press conference, ABCNews.com flashed a "Breaking News" alert on its website: "President Bush says if Congress fails to act on troop funding 'the price will be paid by our troops and their loved ones.' " ABCNews.com also featured an article bearing the headline: "Bush Says Democrats' Failure to Send Him Iraq Funding Bill Is 'Undercutting Troops.' " But missing from either headline was any indication that Congress is already "act[ing] on troop funding," having passed bills in both houses that fund the troops and that are expected to be reconciled in conference, with the final bill to be sent to the president for his signature. Bush, however, has promised to veto the troop funding bill if it includes provisions from either the House or Senate versions of timelines for the redeployment of troops from Iraq. He has stated explicitly, "I've made it clear for weeks that if either the House or Senate version of this bill comes to my desk, I will veto it."

—S.S.M.