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ABC, CNN, MSNBC, PBS All Skip Political ID for 'Shocking' Co

Larrry

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Hey you lefties....obama regime
ABC, CNN, MSNBC, PBS All Skip Political ID for 'Shocking' Corruption By Democratic Mayor
ABC, CNN, MSNBC, PBS All Skip Political ID for 'Shocking' Corruption By Democratic Mayor
Published: 3/27/2014 12:11 PM ET
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By Scott Whitlock
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ABC, CNN, MSNBC and PBS on Wednesday and Thursday all covered the "shocking" corruption involving the Democratic mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina. Yet, while talking about the tens of thousands of dollars in bribes he sought, none of these networks identified Patrick Cannon's political party. Only a Fox News host referred to him as a Democrat.

On ABC's Good Morning America, Amy Robach asserted, "Well, the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina has resigned after being arrested during an FBI sting." On CNN's New Day, Christine Romans informed that undercover FBI agents "got the mayor to take almost $50,000 in bribes in exchange for favorable treatment by the city." In contrast, Fox News's Jamie Colby revealed, "There's another Democrat in trouble over accusations of corruption." [MP3 audio here.]

On MSNBC, Kristen Welker had some specific details, but not when it came to Cannon's political party: "One hundred and fourteen. That's the number of days Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon served before resigning on Wednesday." PBS's NewsHour avoided identifying the politician's affiliation, too.

On Wednesday's Nightly News, Brian Williams similarly skipped a party label.

When then-South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford admitted to traveling to Argentina for an extra-marital affair, the networks jumped on the fact that he was a Republican.

Transcripts of some of the news briefs on Mayor Cannon are below:

GMA

3/27/14

7:11

ABC GRAPHIC: "Shocking" Corruption: Mayor Arrested in Bribery Sting

AMY ROBACH: Well, the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina has resigned after being arrested during an FBI sting. Mayor Patrick Cannon accused of accepting more than $48,000 in bribes and then soliciting another million in bribes.

New Day

3/27/14

6:38

CHRISTINE ROMANS: Charlotte, North Carolina is minus a mayor this morning. Patrick Cannon resigned shortly after he was arrested on theft and bribery charges. The FBI says undercover agents posing as real estate developers got the mayor to take almost $50,000 in bribes in exchange for favorable treatment by the city. Cannon could face up to 50 years in prison if he's convicted.

Daily Rundown

3/27/14

9:26

KRISTEN WELKER: One hundred and fourteen. That's the number of days Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon served before resigning on Wednesday. Now, Cannon stepped down after he was arrested on federal corruption charges that he alleged accepted thousands of dollars from undercover agents. If convicted, he could face up to 50 years in prison. The FBI began investigating Cannon last August when he was a member of the city council.

America's Newsroom

3/27/14

10:09

JAMIE COLBY: And there's another Democrat in trouble over accusations of corruption. It's Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon who resigned yesterday after the FBI nabbed him in a sting and slapped him with public corruption and bribery charges. Cannon's accused of accepting some $48,000 in bribes from undercover agents who posed as real estate developers wanting to do business in Charlotte.

— Scott Whitlock is Senior News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Scott Whitlock on Twitter.
 

Traveler

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Faster horses said:
Yea, but FOX NEWS is referred to as FAUX NEWS.

Maybe it's cuz the libs can't stand the truth. :p :wink:
Maybe that's just the common core spelling of fox. Or the ebonics pronunciation of the channel 4.
 
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Anonymous

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faux
[French, from Old French fals; see false.]- not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"
imitation, simulated, fake, false

artificial, unreal - contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"

It's possible this came about after GW's former Press Secretary Scott McClellan wrote in his book and testified under oath to Congress that Fox News was just a propaganda outlet for the Bush Administration-- and that they used to feed them "talking points" that Fox would report as news without ever checking out their veracity...
 

Larrry

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ot quit digging. Can you figure it out that you are just getting deeper, and yet havent even had a nibble on paydirt or the truth
 
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iwannabeacowboy said:
Interesting, how would a guy that doesn't work for fox, know what they did to verify a story?

You are simple.

Well they must not of verified it- because the leaked "talking points" were often untrue-- propaganda to buoy up their platform-- but were reported by FAUX News as a fact......

But to be fair- McClellan testified that all the news agencies gave too much trust to GW and didn't verify or dig deep enough on much of the propaganda the Administration put out leading up to the invasion of Iraq...

Might be one of the reasons so many turned on GW when they found out they had been used in a conspiracy by some to take us to war...
 

hopalong

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And we are to trust YOU for a truthful story??
:roll: :roll: :roll: tolds any truths today oldtimer?? still relying on LIES
 
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