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AP Ignores Fact Indicted Puerto Rico Gov an Obama Superdelegate

By Ken Shepherd
Created 2008-03-27 13:14

NewsBusters.org | Photo via AFP/Getty ImagesColor me unsurprised.

The Associated Press [1], reporting the indictment of Puerto Rico Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila (pictured at right via AFP/Getty Images file photo) failed to note Vila is a Democrat, let alone that he is an Obama superdelegate.

But Vila's party affiliation is hardly a state secret. Indeed, ABC's Jake Tapper noted the Obama connection on his Political Punch blog [2] this morning:

The Governor of Puerto Rico, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, endorsed Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, in February as we were first to report [3].

And he was indicted today [4].

Puerto Rico's primary is scheduled for June 1.

Likewise, MSNBC's First Read blog [5]mentioned the Obama ties. The AFP newswire [6] didn't note Vila backs Obama, but did note he's a Democrat. Like the AP, CNN.com [7] ignored Vila's party and Obama ties.


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