Anibal Acevedo Vila

AP Ignores Fact Indicted Puerto Rico Gov an Obama Superdelegate

By Ken Shepherd | March 27, 2008 - 12:14

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

The Associated Press, 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 this morning: