Conservatives are well aware that Democrat politicians are protected and coddled by the elite mainstream media ad nauseum. The left-leaning media’s first reaction to a “Democrat behaving badly” is to ignore it altogether (e.g., John Edwards scandal), or mention it in passing without labeling the errant politician as a Democrat (e.g.,Spitzer, Edwards, Weiner, et. al.).
In the early stages of the scandal, the liberal media does not investigate the Democrat, but rather circles the wagons to focus on “killing the messenger.” If the facts of guilt are overwhelming and a confession ensues, the elite media often attempts to paint the guilty Democrat as a “victim,” or proclaim the guy was simply making personal choices unrelated to his job.
That’s about the way the Anthony Weiner debacle unfolded. The media did a quick round of questioning and was ready to move on, but not before joining in on a savage attack of the totally innocent conservative blogger, Andrew Breitbart. NBC initially ignored the Weiner scandal on its nightly news, but did find the time to attack Sarah Palin. Good Morning America covered the Weiner escapade for several minutes without ever mentioning he was a Democrat!
Conversely, the media never fails to mention an errant Republican’s political affiliation, and it’s always open season on conservatives. However, even with this obvious bias, does anyone understand the liberal media’s obsession with bringing down Sarah Palin? In the long annals of journalism, I doubt if there’s ever been a more pathetic media performance than the elite media’s feeding frenzy on Sarah Palin’s e-mails. These “journalists” spent thousands of person hours and who knows how much money to find some salacious tidbits to humiliate her. Instead, they uncovered a trove of evidence depicting her as a competent, dedicated public servant. Have they no shame?
Jim Littlejohn
