Another newspaper in the Sunshine State is failing to cast light on the Democratic Party affiliation of a disgraced former sheriff.
The Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel did the same thing in September, as NewsBuster P.J. Gladnick reported then. Now it's the Miami Herald's turn. And it's not like there weren't enough reporters working the November 16 story to unearth former Broward County Sheriff Ken Jenne's Democratic party affiliation. Three other Herald staffers joined writer Jay Weaver in spinning a gauzy story of how, "The powerful, not so powerful support Jenne.":
They ranged from Broward's most politically influential to a rehabilitated crack addict.
They crowded into a federal courtroom Friday morning to speak on behalf of former Broward Sheriff Ken Jenne, who will be sentenced on charges of fraud and income tax evasion.
Weaver, along with fellow Herald staffers Dan Christensen, Tenton Daniel and Wanda J. DeMarzo did affix party labels to current and former Democratic legislators, although not once to Jenne.
Of additional interest to political junkies, albeit tangential to this story, among one of Jenne's supporters is "Art Kennedy, the politically influential chief of staff" to Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.).
Although unmentioned in the article, Hastings once served as a federal judge but left the bench following conviction on an impeachment charge for conspiracy to solicit and accept a bribe. Hastings's removal was initially upheld by a federal court but ultimately reversed in a 1993 Supreme Court ruling dealing with a similar case in the impeachment and removal of federal judge Walter L. Nixon.
—Ken Shepherd is Managing Editor of NewsBusters
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For Brevard Sheriffs, this is minor...
November 16, 2007 - 14:02 ET by sarcasmoA previous Republican sheriff with an excellent nose for cameras actually GOT AWAY with ordering the manufacture of crack cocaine (after all, that stuff's really hard to find on the streets of South FL!) on department time.
JMR
Rally online with fans of Dr. Ron Paul.
Broward... Not Brevard.
November 16, 2007 - 14:23 ET by heldmywBroward is Miami. Brevard is Cocoa Beach, Cape Canaveral, etc.
"...While Navarro was sheriff, the BSO's staff doubled to 3,000 and its
budget eclipsed $200 million. Further, Navarro was instrumental in
winning contracts for the BSO to provide law enforcement services to
three Broward cities - Dania Beach, Tamarac and Deerfield Beach. By establishing that the BSO could provide an alternative to indigenous police
forces in midsize cities, Navarro did much to create a foundation for
the BSO's continued relevance; the state legislature has since required
that the unincorporated areas to which the BSO had traditionally provided police services be incorporated into cities...
...Navarro also admitted that he ordered the BSO to manufacture crack cocaine to be used in sting operations."
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Those wacky Republican Sheriffs. Sure reads differently when you get the whole story, doesn't it?
Accuracy, Attribution, Honesty. I has it.
It's how we roll here. Sort like "ethical standards" doncha know?