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William F. Smith: “The national media spells scandal without the ``D.'' Two weeks ago the Governor of Illinois was removed from office. All…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2009
The national media spells scandal without the ``D.'' Two weeks ago the Governor of Illinois was removed from office. All three television networks ran full reports on the story the same night and again the following morning. Not one report mentioned that he is a Democrat. The same has been true of numerous other Democrats recently embroiled in scandal. CNN ignored the party affiliation of the Democratic Mayor of Baltimore as news broke that she had been indicted. The AP did the same while covering the indictment of the former Democratic Mayor of Detroit. And in the aftermath of his sex scandal, network newscasts apparently forgot that the former Governor of New York is a Democrat. Americans need and deserve balanced reporting from the media, not selective omissions.
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William F. Smith
Texas
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Addressing perceived media bias in reporting on political scandals involving Democrats.

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