AP National Headline: 'Pa. GOP senator convicted,' But Dem Former Pa

Tom Blumer
March 27th, 2012 1:07 AM
That the Associated Press gives stories about corrupt and scandalous politicians disparate treatment depending on their party affiliation is not exactly breaking news. But it's ordinarily difficult to point to situations involving fairly similar sets of facts occurring at roughly the same time which make the disparity between the wire service's treatment of Republicans and Democrats so obvious…
 

Name That Party: Pa. 'Kids for Cash' Dem Judge Sentenced, No Party ID

Tom Blumer
August 11th, 2011 12:58 PM
About the only "good" thing you can say about the Associated Press's coverage of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania judge Mark Ciavarella is that they have been consistent. That is, the wire service, led by reporter Michael Rubinkam, up to and including today, has consistently and disgracefully failed to tag the infamous "Kids for Cash" jurist and his judicial colleague in crime Michael Conahan as a…
 

Derelict to the End: AP Fails to Tag Judge in Pa. Guilty of Racketeeri

Tom Blumer
February 19th, 2011 8:29 AM
Friday, a jury convicted former Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Judge Mark Ciavarella of "12 counts, including racketeering, money laundering and conspiracy, but acquitted him of 27 counts, including extortion" in connection with "what prosecutors said was a 'kids for cash' scheme that ranks among the biggest courtroom frauds in U.S. history." Ciavarella was "accused of using juvenile delinquents…
 

Pa. Judge Whose Fate Is In Hands of Jury Not Tagged As Dem -- For Two

Tom Blumer
February 18th, 2011 12:39 AM
The fate of former Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Judge Mark Ciavarella is in the hands of a jury tonight. After an initial media slip-up that occurred and was quickly "corrected" when he and a fellow judge were indicted two years ago ("Un-Name That Party" proof here), Ciavarella's party affiliation (Democrat, natch) has gone virtually unmentioned. One such non-party-identifying example (…