We certainly hear about it when a Republican is accused of doing something unethical. The mainstream media is proof enough of that. What happens though when a Democrat actually violates federal law? Does mainstream media report it?
A federal appeals court ruled today that Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., violated federal law by turning over an illegally taped telephone call to reporters nearly a decade ago.
In a 2-1 opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that McDermott violated the rights of House Majority Leader John Boehner, who was heard on the 1996 call involving former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
The court ordered McDermott to pay Boehner more than $700,000 for leaking the taped conversation. The figure includes $60,000 in damages and more than $600,000 in legal costs.
McDermott leaked a tape of a 1996 cell phone call involving former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to The New York Times and other news organizations.
When Tom Delay was indicted, not convicted, there was breaking news, and every online news source had his mug plastered all over their front page.
Let’s look and see who’s covering McDermott…
Nope. Nothing.
I guess Democrats actually doing something wrong is such a common occurrence it doesn’t make the news anymore.
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Left-wing loon Jim McDermott is know for going to foreign countries to make treasonous statements in support of our nation’s enemies. Democrats, of course, call this “dissent” and label it “the highest form of patriotism”. Fine. I won’t get into…
Comment by Rhymes With Right on Dec 3rd, 2006 @ 02:07