Double Standards Runs Wild In the Lame Stream Media
No kidding! LOCK THE DOORS!
Vitter. Did he do bad. Yes he did. Did he "serve his sentence" for it? Yes he did. Fine.
In the media, however, that isn't good enough. The perpetrator is a Republican and whenever a Democrat does THE SAME THING, it is not reported on most of the time and when it "IS" reported on, it is like it is no big deal. Then, I find this. (partial article)
Times Watch
"...Santora soon reached for the hypocrisy card: "Mr. Vitter, who styled himself as a defender of traditional conservative family values, had been a key advocate of Mr. Giuliani’s in conservative circles both in the Senate and key southern states."
Last week saw another sex scandal involving another high-level figure in a presidential campaign -- that of Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton. One of her national campaign co-chairs, L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, last week admitted to having an affair with Telemundo anchorwoman Mirthala Salinas. Yet the Times July 6 story managed to completely avoid the Clinton connection.
Ironically, Jennifer Steinhauer's story was headlined "Reporting a Mayor’s Marital Woes, Minus One Significant Detail," a reference to the anchorwoman who was romantically involved with the mayor even as she read the news of the scandal. But the same headline could be applied to Steinhauer's own story for leaving off the Clinton campaign connection – and for taking the spotlight off the behavior of a Democratic mayor and Hillary ally..."
Vitter. Did he do bad. Yes he did. Did he "serve his sentence" for it? Yes he did. Fine.
In the media, however, that isn't good enough. The perpetrator is a Republican and whenever a Democrat does THE SAME THING, it is not reported on most of the time and when it "IS" reported on, it is like it is no big deal. Then, I find this. (partial article)
Times Watch
"...Santora soon reached for the hypocrisy card: "Mr. Vitter, who styled himself as a defender of traditional conservative family values, had been a key advocate of Mr. Giuliani’s in conservative circles both in the Senate and key southern states."
Last week saw another sex scandal involving another high-level figure in a presidential campaign -- that of Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton. One of her national campaign co-chairs, L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, last week admitted to having an affair with Telemundo anchorwoman Mirthala Salinas. Yet the Times July 6 story managed to completely avoid the Clinton connection.
Ironically, Jennifer Steinhauer's story was headlined "Reporting a Mayor’s Marital Woes, Minus One Significant Detail," a reference to the anchorwoman who was romantically involved with the mayor even as she read the news of the scandal. But the same headline could be applied to Steinhauer's own story for leaving off the Clinton campaign connection – and for taking the spotlight off the behavior of a Democratic mayor and Hillary ally..."
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