New Jersey: Corruption Capital, Media Pretends Not to Notice
For all the current talk about problems within Republican ranks, the truth is that when it comes to outright fraud and corruption, nobody does it like Democrats. From mafia-controlled unions to backroom politics, the biggest local “machines” such as the infamous Tammany Hall which controlled New York politics have always been Democratic. But that was the past you say. Lots of people and organizations have unsavory pasts that they’ve moved beyond. True. It’s just the Democrats aren’t one of them.
Witness New Jersey. In what at first blush seems just another local politician gone bad story, the money quote is literally the last sentence in the article:
More than 100 public officials in the state have been convicted on federal corruption charges in the last five years.
How many? More than 100. Convicted. Not charged, convicted.
If there had been more than 100 Republicans convicted across the country in the last five years, the media would be pounding on them day and night. But there hasn’t been a peep about New Jersey. Why? Because they’re Democrats. And the silence is deafening. Where are 60 Minutes, Dateline NBC, 20/20, the New York Times, or the Washington Post on this story? An entire state subverted by corrupt party politics at every level right down to the school boards, and no one thinks that’s national news?
Media defenders always conveniently ignore how many stories don’t get run because of media bias. There’s no bias? Really. Then defend this….
Tags: Corruption, Democrats, Media Bias, New Jersey, PoliticsPopularity: 17%
This entry was posted on Thursday, September 6th, 2007 at 12:42 pm and is filed under Media Bias, Democrats, Politics, Corruption.
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