http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/6708/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/name-party-congressional-scandal-edition <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois is in hot water over the Ill. Senate seat scandal, but the Times didn&#039;t identify him as a Democrat until the ninth paragraph. How did the same paper treat a Republican in trouble? </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>The Times uses double standards when it comes to labeling congressmen in potential legal trouble. Just see how the paper treated the case of former New York Republican Vito Fossella with how it treated current Illinois Democrat Jesse Jackson Jr., son of theleft-wing activist.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/name-party-congressional-scandal-edition" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch ChristopherDrew DoubleStandards LabelingBias NewYorkTimes NYTimes Rep.JesseJacksonJr. Rep.VitoFossella SusanSaulny TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:48:00 +0000 admin 6775 at http://archive2.mrc.org