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AP Did Not Identify Indicted Congressman William Jefferson as a Democrat
news busters ^ | June 5, 2007 | Lynn Davidson

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: ap; corruption; democrat; johnkerry; jordan; kerry; larajakesjordan; larajordan; nancypelosi; pelosi; williamjefferson
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Strange how that works, huh?

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1 posted on 06/05/2007 3:54:09 PM PDT by george76
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To: george76
And this comes as a surprise to anyone?
2 posted on 06/05/2007 3:54:57 PM PDT by xcamel ("It's Thompson Time!")
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To: Grampa Dave; Milhous

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/4862047.html


3 posted on 06/05/2007 3:55:34 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: jan in Colorado
Nancy should be proud of her choice for Homeland Security.

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4 posted on 06/05/2007 3:57:49 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

So? Whats the point?


5 posted on 06/05/2007 3:57:52 PM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen (I Relieve Myself In Islam's General Direction While I Deny Global Warming.)
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To: george76

WILLIAM JEFFERSON - DEMOCRAT - LOUSIANA

CUT AND PASTE AS YOU WILL.


6 posted on 06/05/2007 3:59:15 PM PDT by poobear (Pure democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for dinner. God save the Republic!)
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To: WorkerbeeCitizen

I’m sure they would have buried the party affiliation of a Republican 30 paragraphs down. /s


7 posted on 06/05/2007 3:59:23 PM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen (I Relieve Myself In Islam's General Direction While I Deny Global Warming.)
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To: george76

And the average idiot probably thinks Rep. stands for Republican too.


8 posted on 06/05/2007 3:59:50 PM PDT by bicyclerepair (Ft. Lauderdale Florida)
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To: george76

The AP exists to elect Democrats.


9 posted on 06/05/2007 4:01:14 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Our first responsibility is to keep the power of the Presidency out of the hands of the Clintons.)
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To: george76

outrage BUMP!


10 posted on 06/05/2007 4:01:22 PM PDT by gipper81
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To: WorkerbeeCitizen; george76
So? Whats the point?

The headline of the top story of the front page of the newspaper would say it was a Republican congressman.

11 posted on 06/05/2007 4:01:34 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Paleo Conservative

Read the second part of my comment.


12 posted on 06/05/2007 4:02:31 PM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen (I Relieve Myself In Islam's General Direction While I Deny Global Warming.)
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To: george76
Dear george76,

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

13 posted on 06/05/2007 4:04:05 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: xcamel

No surprise here.


14 posted on 06/05/2007 4:06:49 PM PDT by mtg
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To: george76
We need to come up with a clever name for the missing “d” phenomenon that will stick in people’s minds. It seems to be very consistent and makes for a great argument against those on the left who seriously think there is no bias in the MSM (or if there is it goes to the right — LOL!!!)
15 posted on 06/05/2007 4:07:17 PM PDT by Gator101
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To: george76

She claims to have identified him as a Dem in earlier stories during the day. (I just spoke with her)


16 posted on 06/05/2007 4:08:49 PM PDT by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: george76

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


17 posted on 06/05/2007 4:09:57 PM PDT by bray (The co-clintons freed more terrorists then they killed)
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To: george76

Strange how that works, huh? “

But—But—But— The media has NO bias!!!!!!!
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18 posted on 06/05/2007 4:10:28 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: doug from upland
If he were a Republican, that fact would be mentioned frequently. There may even be some references to Duke Cunningham and Tom DeLay ...

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19 posted on 06/05/2007 4:10:43 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: bicyclerepair
And the average idiot probably thinks Rep. stands for Republican too.

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

20 posted on 06/05/2007 4:15:56 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (It's still not safe to vote Democrat.)
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