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Do Rocky, Post give Dems a break?
Rocky Mountain News ^ | 22 mar 08 | David Kopel

Posted on 03/22/2008 5:55:54 AM PDT by rellimpank

Analysis of two recent scandals says they do to print edition iPod friendly Share this site A common complaint of conservative media critics is that the mainstream media downplay the party affiliation of a Democrat who is involved in a scandal, while playing up the party identification of a Republican in a scandal.

So I decided to see how the Rocky Mountain News and The Denver Post had treated two recent scandals, one involving New York Democratic Gov. Elliot Spitzer and the other involving Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Foley. Spitzer, of course, resigned March 12 after a federal investigation suggested that he had multiple liaisons with a prostitute. Foley resigned in September 2006 after the revelation that he had sent salacious text messages to congressional pages, some of whom had been minors at the time.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: bias; democrats; media
---nothing surprising here--Dave Kopel just reminds us again---
1 posted on 03/22/2008 5:55:55 AM PDT by rellimpank
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To: rellimpank

The newspaper industry is (thankfully) dying. New historic lows in percent of penetration of populations are being reported...some of these numbers are being covered-up...still, the truth is leaking.

Big media has fractured and the semi-lies they tell through their bias hasn’t helped.

People, even those who don’t spend lots of time on the net are noticing. The death of these lying rags is only a matter of time.


2 posted on 03/22/2008 6:04:51 AM PDT by kjo
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To: kjo
New historic lows in percent of penetration

Oh I dunno, I would say that between the lamestream media, the 'Rats and RINOs, that the public is still getting penetrated on a fairly regular basis.
3 posted on 03/22/2008 6:09:30 AM PDT by mkjessup (This year's presidential choices: "Speak No Evil, See No Evil, and Evil")
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To: rellimpank

This practice is so adolescent. It’s like spreading your peas around on your plate hoping your parents will think you’ve been eating them. It demonstrates that the MSM thinks Americans are drooling idiots who are not worthy of being invited to their elitist, after hours, glass-tinking martini parties in Manhattan.


4 posted on 03/22/2008 6:09:49 AM PDT by Eurale
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Every time I find one of those unwanted newspapers in my driveway, I run it over a couple of times and call them to keep their trash off of my property.

One time they sent me a bill for the paper that I never asked for. You can bet they got a chewing over that.


5 posted on 03/22/2008 6:14:44 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (Satisfaction was my sin)
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