She's the nation's first black female billionaire, a co-founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) whose political contributions skew heavily Democratic, and in 2005 she backed the now outgoing-Democratic Gov.Tim Kaine's bid for office. But now Sheila C. Johnson has crossed the aisle to endorse Republican Bob McDonnell in his bid to be Virginia's chief executive, arguing that he has a better grasp on economic issues than his Democratic opponent.
Yet in reporting the news of the endorsement, the Washington Post elected to leave any word of Johnson's endorsement from its Metro front page headline. Instead, the Post blandly offered readers this headline and subheader:
Business Leaders Are Major Prize In Va. Race: McDonnell, Deeds Seek Credibility Among Execs
Indeed, in her July 21 story, staffer Rosalind Helderman pitted McDonnell's newsworthy endorsement against a "competing" announcement from the camp of McDonnell's Democratic opponent:
Story Continues Below Ad ↓Meanwhile, Democratic state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds (Bath) rolled out an economic plan designed to show that he will continue a business-friendly approach to governing. The proposal includes tax credits for companies that create jobs and a fund to provide loans to small businesses in depressed rural parts of the state. He was joined in Roanoke by Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), who has stepped in as Deeds's chief salesman within the business community, particularly among those who backed Warner's bid for governor in 2001.
Wow, exciting. On one hand, McDonnell gets the endorsement of a pretty solidly Democratic black businesswoman -- Helderman noted that Johnson "has given more than $600,000 to Kaine since 2000, making her the governor's second-largest individual donor" -- and Deeds who, well, he rolled out to rural Virginia with a new position paper and a former Democratic governor as his trail buddy.
For its part, the hometown paper of Gov. Kaine, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, noticed the real story here. Its headline today reads "Top Kaine donor Sheila Johnson endorses McDonnell."
—Ken Shepherd is Managing Editor of NewsBusters
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And yet, how many times has WaPo plugged Repubs going Dem?
July 21, 2009 - 12:31 ET by c5thenThis alone shows their bias.
Throw 'da bums out!
no one re-elected who voted for socialism or debt
www.loyaltoliberty.com
Well, at least one paper
July 21, 2009 - 12:33 ET by bigtimerWell, at least one paper got it right.
Funny how the majority of leftist papers love to avoid, omit, keep mum about anything that upsets their wittle sensibilities when it comes to their agenda.
WaPo has been a disgrace for decades...always will be.
Thank goodness for the internet...where people get the real story, and some in the SRM are forced to come out of hiding and tell the truth as much as they can possibly eek out without killing them.
You gotta love it.
Btw...good ol' Alford, Boxer's punching bag, would use WaPo as another example to present to her.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
bt,I am constantly not
July 21, 2009 - 12:49 ET by Chris Normanbt,
I am constantly not surprised when I mention to my brother a news item I saw on Fox or saw retold here and he knows nothing about it. He gets his news almost exclusively from MSNBC, CNN, and occasionally ABCBNBS and so misses all the news stories that they let go unreported because they may clash with their liberal agendas. What really frosts me is that he is skeptical of any story that he suspects I heard about on Fox News (or at least he says so). For instance, he didn't know about the child sex story from Duke University or the story regarding the GSA inspector, the mayor of Sacramento, Kevin Johnson and the Obama Adminstration. Though he prides himself with being well informed, he doesn't realize that he's allowing himself to be spoon-fed the news by outlets who bury information that may harm the liberal cause. "Well informed", my fanny...
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Hi Chris... Isn't it sad
July 21, 2009 - 13:00 ET by bigtimerHi Chris...
Isn't it sad some people who desire to keep their heads buried in the sand?
Denial is not a pretty thing...reality might hurt too much.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Did anyone catch the guest
July 21, 2009 - 12:37 ET by goldbarDid anyone catch the guest analyst that Olbermann had on who advocated that the taliban should kill PFC Bowe Bergdahl and save the U.S. that trouble of rescuing him? Only on MSNBC!
Funny how $ often trumps
July 21, 2009 - 13:54 ET by RR GOPFunny how $ often trumps both race and ideology.
It is refreshing to see a pragmatist now and then. Too bad it's many of these same Libtard turncoats who helped elect fellow Libtards and are now backing down. Perhaps if they had thought it through in the first place...
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).
Shocked
July 21, 2009 - 16:00 ET by Blogger Guy00001I'm shocked to hear that the media deliberately omit key facts in their reporting to help promote their liberal agenda. I thought the media were responsible in their reporting, and did not use their papers and TV programs to manipulate people's thoughts to get them to vote for a liberal agenda.
Irony, of course.