New York Times Watch -- More on the "Democrat From Louisiana" Scandal

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Friday May 26, 2006 · 9:39 PM PDT

2006/05/26 · 21:39

Last week I wrote a diary highlighting how the New York times, loves, LOVES, to continually mention that William J. Jefferson is a democrat from Louisiana, while failing to mention other congressmen under investigation and/or indictment are republicans.

Well in case you thought I was kidding about this pathetic bias, check out today's story on the Jefferson showdown:

http://www.nytimes.com/...

The evidence was seized by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents last Saturday night in a search of the office of Representative William J. Jefferson, Democrat of Louisiana. The search set off an uproar of protest by House leaders in both parties, who said the intrusion by an executive branch agency into a Congressional office violated the Constitution's separation of powers doctrine. They demanded that the Justice Department return the evidence.

And from the same article:

Separate investigations into the activities of the lobbyist Jack Abramoff and Randy Cunningham, the former congressman from California, have placed several other Republicans under scrutiny; in the Cunningham case, federal authorities have informally asked to interview nine former staff members of the House Appropriations and Intelligence Committees.

Abramoff and Cunningham, as usual, are not mentioned as republicans.

There is a remarkable tendency to refer to republican scandals, be they governors or congressmen, without mentioning party affiliation. Yet William J. Jefferson has the words democrat from Louisiana apparently tattooed on his ass.

This is not to excuse Jefferson's likely criminal action. Only to observe how the wingnut noise machine continues to terrify traditional media into consistently being afraid to mention the words "republican" and "scandal" in the same sentence.

For shame, NYT. Here's some editorial help for your next article: Duke Cunningham was a REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FROM CALIFORNIA.

Thank you for playing. Now please do your freaking job correctly for once in your pathetic JudithMillerey hackish lives.

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