Posted on 06/05/2007 3:54:07 PM PDT by george76
AP worked hard to leave out something very important but very basic in an article about Democratic US Representative William Jefferson’s 16-count bribery indictment. What the AP left out was any identification of Jefferson’s party affiliation. In almost 30 paragraphs, no where is there any hint of what party Jefferson belongs to, not even a “(D-LA).”
When a politician is in trouble and the party is not identified, it a safe bet to assume that the missing letter is a Big “D,” as in this AP piece.
How were other politicians identified? Nancy Pelosi is identified as “Pelosi, D-Calif.” John Boehner is identified as “House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio.” But Jefferson is not a Democrat, just “Louisiana congressman William Jefferson.” Strange how that works, huh?
Not only did the AP leave out the embarrassing fact that a group that is touted as the most ethical Congress ever just had a Democrat indicted for bribing foreign governmental officials, the AP also failed to mention that even as recently as February 17 of this year, long after the investigation was made public, Pelosi appointed Jefferson to the security-sensitive House Homeland Security Committee, where members have access to vital national secrets and make policy for national defense.
Are they so biased that the AP can’t even include party affiliation when it makes the Democratic party look bad?
*One of the reporters who wrote the article, Lara Jakes Jordan is married to Jim Jordan, long-time Democratic operative. Jordan is a former John Kerry presidential campaign manager, former executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, a former John Kerry presidential campaign manager and staffer of America Coming Together, a 527 funded by George Soros and labor unions which was a pro-Kerry organization which focused on defeating Bush.
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So? Whats the point?
WILLIAM JEFFERSON - DEMOCRAT - LOUSIANA
CUT AND PASTE AS YOU WILL.
I’m sure they would have buried the party affiliation of a Republican 30 paragraphs down. /s
And the average idiot probably thinks Rep. stands for Republican too.
The AP exists to elect Democrats.
outrage BUMP!
The headline of the top story of the front page of the newspaper would say it was a Republican congressman.
Read the second part of my comment.
You correctly point out that AP did not identify Congressman William Jefferson's party affiliation in our June 4th article. As you know, AP is a distinguished news organization providing accurate and timely news to hundreds of news outlets across the United States. This oversight was a result of the sheer volume of information contained in the article, requiring multiple edits under tremendous time pressure.
While the error was unavoidable, AP will continue to make every effort to provide you with all the news that is important in our lives. Here, have a sucker.
Respectfully yours,
AP Customer Relations
No surprise here.
She claims to have identified him as a Dem in earlier stories during the day. (I just spoke with her)
The Stone Age Press has one purpose and that is to get DemoGraft Party members elected and forwarding their communist utopia.
Pray for W and Our Troops
Strange how that works, huh? “
But—But—But— The media has NO bias!!!!!!!
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Which is why I'm surprised that the AP didn't label Jefferson as "Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana" instead of "Louisiana congressman William Jefferson."
They slipped up on that one.
-PJ
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