This is becoming the common rule of journalism in America. When a story of political corruption moves across the wires to the journalistic news desks, the written version will almost always bury the fact the corrupt politician is a Democrat, while playing up the fact they are Republican, if that is the case.
In the recent scandal involving Illinois governor Blagojevich, the New York Times doesn't mention he is a Democrat until the fourth paragraph. While the scandal involving Minnesota Senator Coleman, mentions he is a Republican in the second sentence. We see this pattern time and time again, yet we are supposed to believe the media is unbiased and fair?
This is part of a greater campaign to paint the Republican party as the party of corruption and scandal, while maintaining the illusion of the Democrat party as the party of hope, change, and a new era in American politics. We sheeple in the general public, are supposed to believe any scandal involving a Republican, is a direct reflection on the Republican party and Conservative movement, while the same kind of scandal and corruption involving Democrats is swept under the rug, played down, and NEVER connected to the party in any way. In most cases, it was the poor Democrat who was the victim of circumstance, or worse yet, the victim of the vast right-wing conspiracy. Watch and see, this latest Blago scandal will be 'spun' into a right-wing witch hunt, perpetrated completely by neocons who want to tarnish the image of Obama!
Democrats have learned, in a profoundly stupid society, perception is everything! As long as they can 'spin' these scandals and corruption into the fault of Republicans, and connect all scandal to Republicans, while minimizing the fault of Democrats involved in scandal, they will do so! It is apparent this has become the standard in print media, and we wonder why newspapers across the country are in such financial trouble?
