More Liberal Media Bias

As if we really needed more ammo.....

Take a look at the opening paragraphs of these stories about Govern Elliot Spitzers current legal troubles.....

Star Tribune

Gov. Eliot Spitzer, the crusading politician who built his career on rooting out
corruption, apologized Monday after he was accused of involvement in a
prostitution ring. He did not elaborate on the scandal, which drew calls for his
resignation.

NY Times

Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been caught on a federal wiretap arranging to meet with a
high-priced prostitute at a Washington hotel last month, according to a person
briefed on the federal investigation.

CNN

New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is under investigation for allegedly meeting with a
prostitute in a Washington hotel, two sources with knowledge of the
investigation tell CNN.

MSNBC

Gov. Eliot Spitzer apologized to his family and the public on Monday, but did
not not elaborate on a bombshell report that he has been involved in a
prostitution ring.

Now check the opening paragraphs in these stories....

CNN

A Republican senator pleaded guilty earlier this month to a misdemeanor
disorderly conduct charge stemming from his arrest at the Minneapolis-St. Paul
International Airport, according to state criminal records.

CBS News

Republicans and Democrats are marshaling potential candidates to run for Rep.
Rick Renzi's congressional seat in case the Arizona Republican bows to pressure
to resign in the wake of an FBI raid last week on his family business.

CNN Again

Embattled Republican Sen. Larry Craig will announce his resignation from the
Senate Saturday, a GOP source in Idaho said Friday.

NY Times

Senator Larry Craig, Republican of Idaho, will ask a judge this week to reverse
his conviction for soliciting sex from an undercover police officer in a
Minneapolis airport bathroom. He should prevail. Mr. Craig did nothing illegal,
and the law he was convicted under should be held unconstitutional.

ABC News

Republican Rep. Rick Renzi was indicted Friday on charges of extortion, wire
fraud, money laundering and other matters in an Arizona land swap scam that
allegedly helped him collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in payoffs.

In every single one of the Spitzer stories it takes 4 to 6 paragraphs for the news organizations to off-handed mention that Spitzer was a Democrat where every single one of the Renzi and Craig stories listed above it is in the opening paragraph!

This bias is not limited to the treatment of Spitzer, Craig or Renzi. One only needs to Google William Jefferson and Tom Delay to find even more examples!

This is yet another drip, drip, drip in the further erosion of media credibility...and they wonder why people chose to get their news from other sources.