NYT Writes 1300 Words About Dem Senator’s Corruption Trial Without Mentioning He’s A Democrat

The Daily Caller ^ | 09/04/2017 | Peter Hasson

[ForYourChildren]

The New York Times published an almost 1300-word news story in Tuesday’s paper about Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez’s corruption trial, without ever mentioning Menendez’s party affiliation.

Both in print and on social media, the NYT failed to inform its readers that Sen. Menendez is a Democrat.

“For the first time in 36 years, a sitting United States Senator is facing a federal bribery trial,” read a NYT tweet promoting the story, which was titled: “Menendez Trial Set to Begin With Tensions High and Washington Watching.”

The NYT wasn’t without opportunities to inform its readers which party Menendez belonged to: the paper referred to Menendez 29 times in the story, without once ever mentioning that Menendez is a Democrat.

The paper referred to him as ” The senator,” “Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey,” and “Mr. Menendez, a senior senator,” before referring to him as “Mr. Menendez” or “the senator” for the rest of the story. Only after a barrage of online criticism did the NYT note that Menendez is a Democrat, adding in the identifier in the fourth paragraph.

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[henkster]

But they put “Registered Republican” in the headline about the guy who ran his care into the Charlottesville protesters.

[henkster]

PS: I believe they also recently ran a long story about how crappy things are in Venezuela without mentioning “socialism.”

[Texas Eagle]

Fine. Then it's up to Talk Radio and whatever Conservative news outlets there are to do so.

But, alas, "our" side would rather chase the Russia collusion and the Arpaiao pardon squirrels.

And, now, the DACA decision squirrel.

[upchuck]

Have you verified the print version has his affiliation cited?

The NYT has a print version? Wow! Impressive.

Daily Caller said:

The author of the story, Nick Corasanti, said the omission in the original story was “just an oversight on my part after drafts.” It appears the NYT was able to fix the error before Tuesday’s paper went out. By Tuesday morning, however, neither the NYT’s online nor its print coverage noted that the story had been changed to include Menendez’s political affiliation.

The DC also put this qualifier at the end of the article:

This story has been updated to include Corasanti’s statement that the omission was an “oversight,” as well as to note that the NYT fixed the error in time for Tuesday’s print edition but did not include an editor’s note.

[certrtwngnut]

I live in N.J. and have heard the name of Joe Piscopo tossed around quite a bit. I am not too familiar with him but I am told he is pretty good. Certainly better than Menendez.

[2harddrive]

DACA is Caca!! DACA es Obama’s Caca!!

[SMGFan]

http://freebeacon.com/politics/nyt-admits-oversight-after-omitting-menendez-democrat-story-corruption-trial/

[Brown Deer]

The author from the NYT admits it happened.

https://twitter.com/NYTnickc/status/904884589876957184

[jjotto]

http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/06/nbc-news-wrongly-claims-sen-menendez-is-a-republican/

...NBC News has published an article incorrectly claiming that New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez — who is on trial for corruption — is a Republican...

...The article appears to be a wire from the Associated Press, but the original piece on AP’s website does not feature the mistake, suggesting it was added in by NBC...