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Obviously. If he were a Democrat, since this is something "good", the headline would have said "Democratic Congressman". Same as if something bad happens the h
by acheron 11y ago
Obviously. If he were a Democrat, since this is something "good", the headline would have said "Democratic Congressman".
Same as if something bad happens the headline will say "Republican Congressman" but leave out party affiliation the other way.
Bias in journalism mostly isn't a matter of just making things up (Dan Rather aside) or injecting blatant opinions into news (though that happens sometimes too), but a matter of which stories get pushed and how they get framed.
- randomname2 11y agoThe Guardian makes no secret of their bias so it's no surprise there's zero mention of the word "Republican", considering the source. Their right-wing equivalents (WSJ/Breitbart/Daily Mail) do the same thing to Democrats.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> If he were a Democrat, since this is something "good", the headline would have said "Democratic Congressman". Not so sure that's true; every article except this one that I can find on the Guardian with the tag "US Congress", positive or negative, and whether it involves Democrats, Republicans, or both, seems to mention the party affiliation of the members referenced. While the Guardian is left-leaning, not mentioning Chaffetz's party seems to be an aberration for them, not part of a pattern.
- pstuart 11y agoDan Rather was likely set up. The gist of his story was true: GWB went AWOL during his "service". Then the media focused on Rather instead of the Bush's behavior. Karl Rove was a genius manipulator.
- pstuart 11y agohttps://theintercept.com/2015/10/27/george-w-bush-was-awol-but-whats-truth-got-to-do-with-it/ https://theintercept.com/2015/10/27/george-w-bush-was-awol-b...
- vectorpush 11y agoAnd if he were a democrat, this bill would be branded as liberal anti-police bureaucracy designed to cripple the cops and put their lives in danger. I just hope Obama and other prominent democrats avoid giving the bill any praise, otherwise it'll never pass.
- maxerickson 11y agoIf he were a Democrat he probably wouldn't be in office. Which isn't just sarcasm, the 2 party labels are less and less useful for understanding how a national candidate sees various issues and there are a lot of congressional districts where using one label or the other makes it a lot easier to get elected.