Certain events in the 2012 campaign make you ask how would the media respond if a particular story was about Mitt Romney rather than President Obama. Take this past Friday, when President Obama was introduced at an Ohio rally by a man accused to stealing trade secrets from his former employer.
According to a local CBS affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio, Daniel Potkanowicz has been ordered to pay $500,000 to his former employer after a judge ruled that Potkanowicz had stolen trade secrets.
Daniel Potkanowicz

Man Who Intro'd Obama at Rally Owes Former Employer Half-Million Dollars for Stealing Trade Secrets; Media Mum on Story
By Jeffrey Meyer | July 9, 2012 | 12:33 PM EDT 