Once again it is time to play Name That Party.
Woody alerted me to this.
Once again, the mainstream media displays their party preference, as it is yet another edition of Name That Party! In this instance, as reported by CBS television station KDKA Channel 2, Pennsylvania State Representative Frank LaGrotta stands accused of two criminal counts of conflict of interst. Strangely, though the story discusses LaGrotta's purported transgressions in detail, his party affiliation is somehow neglected!
No! Say it isn't so! Media bias?
As KDKA reported on the case,
LaGrotta was arraigned last week in Harrisburg on two criminal counts of conflict of interest. He is accused by the State Attorney General Tom Corbett of hiring two relatives for his office payroll who allegedly did nothing for their state pay check. But the real focus has been on whether LaGrotta is helping state investigators finger top legislative leaders whom the Attorney General thinks may have used tax dollars to pay their staff for political work. KDKA Political Editor Jon Delano asked LaGrotta's attorney to answer that question. "Certainly he has been cooperative," said LaGrotta's attorney Stephen Colafella. " He's attempted to address not only the issues with his case, but some of the more general questions about things that may have gone on." Colafella stopped short of saying that LaGrotta's testimony would hurt House Majority Leader Bill DeWeese or former House Whip Mike Veon.
So, are these scumbags Dimocrats or are they Dimocrats?
Posted by denny at March 6, 2008 02:09 PMJust curious: has anyone ever seen an article about a politician's brush with the law where the miscreant was a Republican and the party affiliation was either omitted or only mentioned deep into the article? I had an e-mail exchange with a reporter last year and he claimed it wasn't just Dems that skate.
Posted by: PD Quig on March 8, 2008 08:29 PMPD Quig - That's the whole point of Name That Party. Invariably, if the scumbag is a Republican he is identified in the first paragraph. If a Dim it will be later in the story if at all. Play it yourself and see.
Posted by: Denny on March 8, 2008 11:11 PM