It must be wonderful to be a Democrat and know that your indiscretions are very unlikely to get much attention by media minions only willing to cover the crimes and shortcomings of folks on the opposite side of the aisle.
Take for example James Michael McHaney, an aide to Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) who NewsBusters reported had been arrested last Friday for trying to lure a thirteen-year-old boy into a sexual encounter.
Not only did this get buried on Friday so as likely not to take focus away from Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) looking regal and presidential during that day's hostage crisis in New Hampshire, but also once the Associated Press deigned to actually inform subscribers on Monday that something potentially nefarious had occurred, press outlets either continued to ignore the subject, or buried it nicely so that precious few would be made aware of it.
On the television side, according to LexisNexis, the only outlet which felt this newsworthy was CNN which aired its only report on this matter during the 6:00 AM EST "American Morning" Tuesday:
KIRAN CHETRY, ANCHOR: Well, a senator's aide busted in a sex sting topping your "Quick Hits" now. An aide to Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington was fired last Friday just hours after the FBI arrested him for allegedly trying to set up a meeting online with someone he thought was a 13-year-old boy. James McHaney is being held without bond. He'll have a court hearing tomorrow. Cantwell's office says it will cooperate with the investigation.
That's it. One brief mention from CNN Tuesday before most of the nation was even awake. Not one more report on the subject the rest of the day.
Mark Foley and Larry Craig wish they were so ignored, don't you agree?
Sadly, that's better than the rest of the television media, as ABC, NBC, CBS, and MSNBC all totally boycotted this deplorable event.
According to LexisNexis, not one mention by any of them.
The print media didn't do much better (h/t JammieWearingFool).
The New York Times carried 100 words of the AP piece buried nicely on page 28 of Wednesday's final edition. The Washington Post gave it 275 words on page 2 of its Metro section Wednesday.
Marty at JWF reported:
The Boston Globe also devotes a single paragraph, with the same AP dispatch.
The New York Post relegates it to a Page Six item.
And, as Porky Pig used to say, that's all folks.
Must be marvelous to be a Democrat, dontcha think?
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters.
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December 5, 2007 - 11:42 ET by iveseenitallNeed we even say it---"If this had been a Republican..."
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
I also noticed that the AP
December 5, 2007 - 12:14 ET by Warner Todd HustonI also noticed that the AP keeps calling this guy a "former aide" as if Cantwell could have fired him a long time ago, too! turns out she fired him AFTER he was arrested and charged.
APs language gives her a bit of cover for being so close, doesn't it?
I can't help but hope that
December 5, 2007 - 12:26 ET by ForeverOnTheRightI can't help but hope that the more conservative blog or news websites cover Dem indiscretions or legal problems etc. the more pressure their will be on the MSM to come clean and cover it also.
Who knew and when did they know? You'd think that their'd be some sort of clue something was up, don't you think? Or can these perverts hide their pervertion that well?
That is exactly what is
December 5, 2007 - 12:22 ET by buddycThat is exactly what is wrong with California. We don't have an impartial press and even when democrat policies fail, it is covered up in the media. Do you wonder why California is a one party state?
I would want to know how many other accused child molesters Cantwell has had working for her. I would want to know if she thinks his alleged conduct was appropriate. I would want to know why he was using her office computer to solicit this kid and if she didn't know what he was up to, WHY NOT? I would want to know if she supports stricter laws as to child molesters. There are tons of questions I would ask her. I would want to know why he left Kerry's staff and what she was told about him. Did Kerry give him a recommendation? Who recommended him? What did she do to check him out before she hired him?
The news media has failed us.
Let's see...
December 5, 2007 - 12:56 ET by heldmywDemocrat Senator's Aide to Sodomize Child During Lunch Hour. Press Sleeps.
That about cover it?
Well, at least the
December 5, 2007 - 12:59 ET by drillanwrWell, at least the conservative gay blog sites aren't ignoring this:
BREAKING NEWS: Alleged Child Sex Predator Was Staffer
at Human Rights Campaign
http://gaypatriot.net/2007/12/04/breaking-news-alleged-child-sex-predator-was-human-rights-campaign-staffer
Foley and Craig were
December 5, 2007 - 13:11 ET by KillgraveFoley and Craig were definitely creeps, but their "victims" were adults. However, the MSM was all over that. This is strange, because isn't the liberal MSM supposed to contend that homosexuality between consenting adults is okay? Yet the MSM was hell-bent on crucifying these two Senators.
And now we have evidence of a real, bona-fide PREDATOR and PEDOPHILE who works closely with another Senator (check out The Smoking Gun, which posted this freak's e-mails. They are disgusting). And we hear nothing about it. This has the makings of a real scandal, but the MSM is silent.
You don't need a tinfoil hat, or a fully-functioning frontal cortex, to figure out what is going on here.