Jeremy Peters', New York Times, article "House Votes Again to Repeal Health Laws" discusses the vote to repeal the new health laws in a fairly balanced way. Peters reports that "the law had passed 229 to 195. No Republicans voted against the repeal and two Democrats voted for it."
Peters' article discusses the repeal and those who commented on it. His primary focus is the comments made by those pushing for the repeal. Michele Bachmann, head of the push for repeal, is a main point for him.
However, Peters also quotes other representatives who spoke such as "Representative Luke Messer, a freshman from Indiana, said that he could not possibly sum up in the minute allotted all that was wrong with such a wretched law."
Peters is also careful with his facts. For example, when one representative said " the law was making medical students anxious about what awaits them upon graduation. Some undergraduates, he said, do not want to even go to medical school because of the law," Peters followed with " (The Association of American Medical Colleges, however, has reported a steady increase in medical school enrollment every year since 2008.) " He also linked this statement to the report to back himself up.
Peters ended the article with the simple statement of "But the bill, which has no chance in the Senate, will go no further." This is the entire point of the article. The repeal passed, and the bill will not move forward. Even a reader who swims to the end will see this.
Overall, Peters does a fairly decent job of reporting a political event without taking a side. He is able to remain unbiased, and that makes it a good article.
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