More Media Mentions of GOP Senator's Sex Scandal Than Dems Criminal Fund Raiser

Newsbusters ^ | September 7, 2007 - 07:12 ET | Warner Todd Huston

[enough_idiocy]

Many of us here, of course, take it for granted that the news media focuses far more on any scandals or troubles that occur with Republicans while at the same time they try their level best to ignore those that are perpetrated by Democrats.

But, it's always helpful to get as many statistics as possible to buttress our case. I have here another small indication of how the GOP is treated unequally with the Democrat Party revealing Media Bias in the form of a Nexis* search of two ongoing, but not equally treated, scandals in the news. Our search parameters covered the last 90 days from September 6th back.

[enough_idiocy]

That equals 3,733 mentions of this story in the news sources contained in the Lexis-Nexis database.

That equals a paltry 898 mentions of this shocking political scandal.

[tennteacher]

Just shocking. That’s sarcasm.

[mickie]

IMO....
The Larry Craig scandal broke the minute it became evident that this crooked Dem fund raiser story was going to "hit the fan".

Now it has surfaced again and it is being hushed up.

[ChurtleDawg]

I have to say that I think part of this is because Larry Craig keeps resigning, then un-resigning, then resigning again. His actions are keeping this all over the news.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

He’s become the typhoid Mary of the media. Why doesn't he just go away ?

[Antoninus]

I have to say that I think part of this is because Larry Craig keeps resigning, then un-resigning, then resigning again. His actions are keeping this all over the news.

The man is acting like a complete idiot aside from his playing mens' room nancy.

JUST RESIGN ALREADY!

Then the story goes away.

[Phlap]

What else is new?