The headlines are sensational. In New York City, a couple committed suicide by jumping from their apartment building. Furthermore, the initial reports eagerly pushed the narrative that they killed themselves over rising health care costs. After all, this was just hours after the Senate scuttled the newest health insurance bill.
Here is what the New York Post reported on their Facebook page:
Here’s how BET reported it on YouTube:
And here is how Fox News is still reporting the story, at least at the time of this writing:
However, health care didn’t seem to be an issue in the suicide at all.
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