For those of you who have never heard of Tony Mack, he is the mayor of Trenton, New Jersey. His is also the politician who was arrested by the FBI today for corruption. His brother and a prominent supporter also were arrested. I read the coverage of the arrests from the local CBS, NBC, AP, Reuters and ABC outlets. I even checked the Huffington Post coverage. Do you know what fact never appears in five of the six stories? That's right; Mack is a Democrat. CBS, NBC, ABC , AP and the HuffPo never mention it. Reuters squeezes in that fact in paragraph 19 of a 21 paragraph story. But hey, there's no bias in the media. Just imagine if this guy were a Republican. The headline would scream his party identification. But, since the mayor is a Democrat, no one is allowed to know.
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