Texas High Court Dismisses Charge Against DeLay, Big Three Ignore

http://newsbusters.org/ ^ | June 28, 2007 | Matthew Sheffield

[lowbridge]

Texas High Court Dismisses Charge Against DeLay, Big Three Ignore It

Posted by Matthew Sheffield on June 28, 2007 - 00:37.

After immediately jumping on the news that then-House majority leader Tom DeLay was indicted by a Democratic Texas prosecutor, the big three networks refused to mention the Wednesday news that the Texas supreme court has approved the dismissal of one of the charges against him.

The charges were originally dismissed by a lower court judge (an event which the big three just barely covered) who ruled that the laws under which the former congressman was indicted did not exist during the time he was alleged to have violated them.

DeLay's indictments at the hand of a partisan Democratic prosecutor (the "Mike Nifong of Texas" as DeLay's blog calls him) were one of several charges of "corruption" leveled by the media and Democrats that helped turn the electoral tide against the GOP in the 2006 elections. After DeLay's indictment by Ronnie Earle, the press even went so far as to obscure Earle's political party, barely mentioning it or declining to do so at all.

That was a stark contrast to Wednesday night's coverage where DeLay's vindication was not mentioned at all.

[lowbridge]

Indeed, this is the first I've heard of it (via Newsbusters), despite the fact that it was covered here on FR yesterday:

DeLay Wins Appeal Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Upholding the Dismissal of Indictments

DeLay wins round in Texas court

[Marauder]

Ronnie Earle is a rogue prosecutor of Mike Nifong’s ilk, and should face the same consequences.

[PGalt]

BTTT

[lowbridge]

Same with Patrick Fitzgerald

[Arrowhead1952]

Indeed, this is the first I've heard of it (via Newsbusters), despite the fact that it was covered here on FR yesterday:

This was on page A-1 above the fold of the Austin American Statesman today. < /sarcasm>

Did I really need a sarcasm tag?

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[mfish13]

Did you expect the MSM to to report good news for Republicans???

[Red6]

Two possibly three lessons here: The sad thing was how his party abandoned him! That said something to me.

Media bias is once again obvious in this case. Quick to jump on his back and tear him down, sparing coverage when it turns out it's all BS.

More prosecutoral bias? Possible, even likely. A trend we have seen developing, or maybe it's just now bubbling to the surface, is that the courts/legal system has become "political".

[lowbridge]

The sad thing was how his party abandoned him!

The Republicans have a self-imposed rule (Republican house conference rule, and I dont know if Delay agreed to or supported this rule way back when) that if any one of them is indicted, (not tried and found guilty, just indicted), the one who is indicted must step down from his office.

Of course, The Democrats have no such self-imposed rule. Prefering to wait and see if one of their own is tried and found guilty, and even after that, they still wont demand that the guilty party step down.

[lowbridge]

Did you expect the MSM to to report good news for Republicans???

Well, there's always a hope. :-)

[victim soul]

This is the only time I have heard it, too. Thanks Freepers!

Where was supposedly right wing FOX TV? NEvermind the mindless other media?

An innocent man was accused for two years, found inoocent and now there is DEAD SILENCE ......

[Marauder]

Same with Patrick Fitzgerald

Absolutely, and the little creeps that keep going after our Border Patrol agents.

[goldstategop]

If you're looking for the liberal media to cover conservatives favorably, I'm afraid you'll have wait for the arrival of Godot for that to happen.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[rickdylan]

For the republican party to survive, there have to be very major consequences not only for Earle but for anybody else involved in this one in any way. So far, this has been a cakewalk for the rats.