wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@>
> > wrote:
> <snip>
> > > Actually, the mainstream media have mostly supported
> > > Bush until recently when his polls began dropping. Now
> > > at least some of them are jumping on that bandwagon to
> > > be in line with the majority of their readers.
> > >
> > I noticed something curious recently though, that I was
evaluating
> > regarding the favoritism of the press towards the party in
power.
> It
> > was widely reported recently that the former Gov of Illinois,
Ryan,
> > has been charged with blatant corruption, but I couldn't find
his
> > party affiliation listed in any of the articles. Sure enough
when I
> > looked it up, he is a Republican. I am reasonably sure that had
he
> > been a Democrat, that fact would've been noted in the news.
>
> It's even worse than that. From a Time magazine piece
> on the Ryan *conviction* (not just charge!), the very
> first sentence:
>
> "On Monday, former Governor George Ryan, 72, became the third of
the
> state's last six governors to be convicted of political misdeeds,
and
> the current administration of DEMOCRAT Rod Blagojevich is also
being
> investigated." [emphasis added]
>
> Nowhere in the piece does it mention Ryan's affiliation.
>
> Josh Marshall of blog Talking Points Memo says this
> wins Time the "Ryan-Republican 'party affiliation that
> dare not speak its name' award."
>
I didn't recall if he had been convicted- thanks for the
clarification. Pretty pathetic...
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