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Sharpe James, Democrat political boss and the former Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, and a fixture in New Jersey politics may be facing his toughest fight yet...

It's official. He's indicted on 33 counts... What's missing [from the linked AP story]? How about his party affiliation! He's a life long Democrat. How'd that miss being included in the report? Will wonders ever cease?

Today’s [July 13th] NYT ran a front-page story expanding to 4/5ths of a further page, including a sidebar. At no time in any of these articles was Mr. James identified as a Democrat.

When federal agents found $90,000 in cold cash in the freezer of Congressman William Jefferson of Louisiana, the AP waited until Paragraph 5 to identify him as a D.

This week, AP led its story on a sex scandal: Senator David Vitter, Republican of Louisiana …

But hey, there is no bias in the news media.

The Miami Herald did a 3-part series called “Poverty Peddler,” about a politically connected land developer. Today’s follow-up is “Rep. Meek defends role in land project.”

The follow-up does not mention the congressman’s party. The related story does not mention his party.

The call-for-action editorial does not mention his party.

In fact, I cannot find any mention of the congressman’s party affiliation in this series.

So is Rep. Meek a Democrat or a Democrat?

Posted by: Old Grouch in The Press at 23:44:38 GMT | No Comments | Add Comment
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