(that the boy’s parents: “believe their son’s chance of survival ended when President George W. Bush signed an executive order in August, 2001, banning the federal government from funding embryonic stem cell research.”)
I believe I am better looking then Brad Pitt.(I am not in reality)
I believe I am a multimillionaire.(my bank account proves I am not)
The parents are free to beleive what ever they need to believe to get them through the night. Doesn’t make it right or important or of any interest to anyone else.
“the boy’s parents: “believe their son’s chance of survival ended when President George W. Bush signed an executive order in August, 2001, banning the federal government from funding embryonic stem cell research.”)”
In reality, Bush EXPANDED taxpayer-financed embryonic stem cell research—a fact acknowledged even by the NY Slimes.
“For a time, the ban stood in the way of taxpayer-financed embryonic stem cell research, because embryos are destroyed when stem cells are extracted from them. But in August 2001, in a careful compromise, President Bush opened the door a tiny crack, by ordering that tax dollars could be used for studies on a small number of lines, or colonies, of stem cells already extracted from embryos — so long as federal researchers did not do the extraction themselves.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/09/us/politics/09stem.html
Thus, the parents can believe whatever they want—just as flat-earthers are entitled to believe whatever they want. But it is negligent journalism to present such factually incorrect views as if they accurately depict the truth of the situation. The original BAN was established during the Clinton administration and Bush eased those restrictions. But the media has no particular interest in letting facts get in the way of a good Bush-bashing story.