CBS Stops Identifying Scandal-Plagued San Diego Mayor As A Democrat

July 16th, 2013 4:37 PM
CBS This Morning suddenly discontinued identifying San Diego Mayor Bob Filner as a Democrat on Tuesday, after including his political affiliation in two previous reports on the allegations of sexual harassment swirling around the politician. Bill Whitaker pointed out how Filner "dismissed [the] charges...as coming from anonymous sources" and how that was "in contrast to this contrite video…

ABC Ignores Democratic Affiliation of San Diego Mayor Accused of Sexua

July 12th, 2013 1:20 PM
For the third time in a week, ABC's Good Morning America failed to identify a politician involved in sex scandal as a Democrat. Amy Robach reported on Friday that "accusations of sexual harassment have been swirling around Mayor Bob Filner for weeks" and that the San Diego politician "apologized for what he called inappropriate behavior", but didn't include his party ID. By contrast, Gayle…

Media Knew of Dem Congressman's Pushy Behavior, Declined to Report It

August 22nd, 2007 4:02 PM
Bob Filner, the San Diego representative who got into an altercation with an airport security official really must have a great press staff. At least he'd have to if he were a Republican since almost no GOPer could ever get CNN to omit his party affiliation from a news report. Turns out, though, this isn't the first time that Filner has been getting pushy with security staff. That's not exactly a…

CNN Omits Democratic Affiliation of Congressman Charged With Assault

August 20th, 2007 4:27 PM
Update with YouTube video below.When is it unimportant to the MSM to inform viewers of a congressman's party affiliation?At 3:51 P.M. EDT today, CNN aired a "Just In" report on filing of assault and battery charges against California Congressman Bob Filner. Anchor Kyra Phillips said the CNN report was in turn based on a report from its Arlington, VA affiliate, WJLA-TV. According to the WJLA…