In Obama Years, Media Not So Interested in Democrat War Critics

June 4th, 2011 7:27 AM
In the Bush years, the hottest, most telegenic politician in Washington was a Republican (or “pro-defense” Democrat) who would oppose President Bush in Iraq. Democratic Rep. John Murtha was red-hot, and so were critical Republicans like Chuck Hagel. But in the Obama years, backing away from Obama’s war policy doesn’t exactly give you the same cachet. On Friday, on the front page of Politico,…

Name That Party: 3 Dems in FBI Probe, Party Affiliation Omitted/Buried

March 24th, 2009 2:45 AM
I think it is finally getting to the point that when an Old Media story goes out over the wires without mentioning the party affiliation of troubled politicians, people naturally assume that all the criminal actions in said story are being perpetrated by Democrats. But, that assumption aside, we are still seeing reports nearly every day that omit the "Democrat" in any story involving criminal…