The Discerning Texan
All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke
-- Edmund Burke
Sunday, May 28, 2006
CBS reports that Corrupt Louisiana Congressman Jefferson is a Republican. Is this a deliberate misrepresentation?
After reading this John Hindraker post on the Power Line blog, a few simple questions quite naturally come to mind. First the inexcusable error for a so-called "major" media giant:
The media would love to help the Democrats with their "culture of corruption" campaign theme; unfortunately, the facts aren't cooperating very well. Which didn't stop CBS News from doing its best, in this story about the Justice Department standing firm on the documents seized from Congressman William Jefferson:
Top law enforcement officials at the Justice Department and the FBI indicated to their counterparts at the White House that they could not, and were unwilling to, return documents to the Louisiana Republican which were seized as part of a bribery investigation.
Jefferson is, of course, a Democrat. It's common for news stories about scandals involving Congressional Democrats to omit any reference to their party, but this really is going too far!
Thanks to reader Greg Roth.
Next are my simple questions for CBS News--the network of Dan Rather and the most blatant anti-Republican bias in all of the United States' mainstream media.
The media would love to help the Democrats with their "culture of corruption" campaign theme; unfortunately, the facts aren't cooperating very well. Which didn't stop CBS News from doing its best, in this story about the Justice Department standing firm on the documents seized from Congressman William Jefferson:
Top law enforcement officials at the Justice Department and the FBI indicated to their counterparts at the White House that they could not, and were unwilling to, return documents to the Louisiana Republican which were seized as part of a bribery investigation.
Jefferson is, of course, a Democrat. It's common for news stories about scandals involving Congressional Democrats to omit any reference to their party, but this really is going too far!
Thanks to reader Greg Roth.
Next are my simple questions for CBS News--the network of Dan Rather and the most blatant anti-Republican bias in all of the United States' mainstream media.
- The first and most basic of these questions: does CBS News have Editors and Fact Checkers that it uses to "vet" news? If so, are they still employed? (and if so, WHY??)
- If the answer to question #1 is "yes", where were these fact checkers when CBS reported to millions of people that Rep. Jefferson--the Louisiana Congressman who accepted over $100,000 in bribes from FBI Agents--was a "Republican" when in fact he is a DEMOCRAT?
- Most disturbing is this question: did CBS DELIBERATELY misinform the American people who had the unfortunate misfortune of relying on CBS News for the TRUTH?
