Imagine for a moment that a high-ranking Republican was accused by a Democrat of violating House rules in order to get a $23 million earmark approved for his district.
Would the media report it?
Probably on front-pages all across the country, and on morning and evening network newscasts for days, right?
Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) threatened to deny any further spending projects to a Republican who challenged him over an earmark last week, the GOP is charging — a potential violation of House rules that could cause a spike in partisan tensions.
of the three broadcast networks, through Monday’s news cycle, only ABC reported it, though briefly during an interview
just imagine if this had been Tom DeLay
CNN did several reports on this subject Friday, as did Fox News.
The Los Angeles Times covered it
The Washington Post covered it
The New York Times and USA Today ignored it.
clipped from: newsbusters.org 