AP Again Omits Disgraced Ex-Atlantic City Mayor's Party Affiliation

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By Ken Shepherd | November 1, 2007 - 17:44 ET

Former Atlantic City Mayor Robert Levy (D) pleaded guilty today to lying about his military service in order to obtain financial benefits to which he was not entitled. Levy is a Democrat, but keeping with AP tradition, his party affiliation was not disclosed in Geoff Mulvihill's 8-paragraph article "Former Atlantic City Mayor Pleads Guilty." (h/t NewsBusters reader Martin Edward)

NewsBusters Warner Todd Huston, Richard Newcomb and I wrote about Levy in early October, when he went AWOL from his mayoral office as federal authorities were concluding their investigation.

However, as we've noted on NewsBusters repeatedly, Republican politicians facing criminal charges or sexual scandal are labeled by party affiliation by AP reporters.

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November 2, 2007 - 11:10 ET by Blogger Guy00001

The media changes the news. It deletes certain words such as democrat, muslim, black when someone is doing something wrong. It has gotten so bad that we know immediately what word was dropped. They might as well put the words back in! We know exactly what they meant.