Democrat Linked to Prostitution! (What Else is New? Yawn)

In the lunchroom of the company where I am currently working, the large HD TV is always turned to MSNBC. Today when Governor Spitzer's face was all over it, with captions about prostitution and scandal and shame, I knew Spitzer had to be a Democrat. The reason was simple: MSNBC never mentioned his party affiliation. If he had been a Republican, that would have been foremost in their headlines, bolded and in large caps.

So without mentioning that Spitzer was a Democrat, they pulled MSM Spin Trick No. 2 out of the hat: they began showing pictures of past politicians who were disgraced by illicit sexual escapades, all Republicans. (They never mentioned Clinton's White House escapades.)

Their message was either "they all do it, so don't equate this sort of thing with Democrats," or "we didn't mention Spitzer's party and we're bringing up Republicans in the hopes that you viewers will put two and two together and get five, and assume Spitzer must be a Republican."

MSNBC - as a television network, it doesn't have the scruples of, well, a well-heeled John.