Rod Blagojevich (D)

Pico and ME · 12-11-2008, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

Yeah. But then, I'm pretty sure Fox will be emphasising his party and were he a republican they'd be playing it down.

For a while there, when there was Republican scandal after Republican scandal, a couple of times Fox put Democrat (instead of Republican) next to their names on the bottom of the screen blurbs. I think they did it with Foley mostly.

glatt · 12-11-2008, 11:33 AM

The first article I read on the subject listed him as a D. Maybe you guys should be reading the washington post.

Happy Monkey · 12-12-2008, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

The first article I read on the subject listed him as a D. Maybe you guys should be reading the washington post.

Or just about anything else.

TheMercenary · 12-13-2008, 04:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Or just about anything else.

You may not like it and they may not have done it in this case but Michelle is right.

Happy Monkey · 12-13-2008, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

You may not like it and they may not have done it in this case but Michelle is right.

Apparently not.

TheMercenary · 12-14-2008, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Apparently not.

Apparently so.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-13-2008, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

You may not like it and they may not have done it in this case but Michelle is right.

The subject of this thread is the media's unwillingness to identify Blagojevich as a democrat. That has been debunked.

TheMercenary · 12-14-2008, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

The subject of this thread is the media's unwillingness to identify Blagojevich as a democrat. That has been debunked.

My comment was about the monkey's post. The press has had a long history of not id'ing Dems caught in scandles with inital reports.

Happy Monkey · 12-14-2008, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

My comment was about the monkey's post.

And had already been debunked by said post.

DanaC · 12-11-2008, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Pico and ME

For a while there, when there was Republican scandal after Republican scandal, a couple of times Fox put Democrat (instead of Republican) next to their names on the bottom of the screen blurbs. I think they did it with Foley mostly.

*laughs* I remember seeing that on the Daily Show.

12-11-2008, 11:33 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	The first article I read on the subject listed him as a D. Maybe you guys should be reading the washington post.

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