Democrat Sheriff Gets 5 Yrs, Media Ignores Party
Posted on August 30, 2009
-By Warner Todd Huston
Yes, it’s another episode of “Name That Party,” where our contestant is a criminal Democrat in the news that somehow, mysteriously finds the Old Media conveniently forgetting to mention that he is, indeed, a Democrat. This time it’s former Starr County, Texas Sheriff Reymundo Guerra who was handed a five-year sentence for drug trafficking this week. Guerra is the second Starr County Sheriff in a row to go to jail for corruption.
The Old Media dutifully reported this conviction, to be sure. It was reported that Guerra was up on harsher charges, how he had those reduced, it was also reported what criminal drug cartel figures from Mexico he was involved with and that Guerra was sorry for what he’d done.
Only one tiny, little part of the story was left out. Guerra was a Democrat official in a Texas county that has been controlled by Democrats for about 100 years. I guess the fact that a Democrat Law Official turned into a drug dealer isn’t news? Of course, if it should have been a Republican Sheriff turned drug dealer, why the Old Media would have led with that news.
As is always the case in these name-that-party stories, the AP had a short story on Guerra without mentioning he’s a Democrat. It made no stronger effort to set the record straight in its longer story, either.
Not to miss out on the fun, the San Antonio Express didn’t bother to mention the criminal’s party.
Likewise, KRGV TV somehow forgot to mention he was a Democrat and neither did KGBT TV.
So, another criminal Democrat goes to jail yet all the news accounts just happened to miss the fact that he’s a Democrat.
This covering for criminal Democrats happens nearly every week in the Old Media, but it still amazes me every time. The pure arrogance that the Media refuses to identify a criminal Democrat is amazing. In fact, it was just making a hero out of a criminal Democrat… you know, the murderer that just died in Massachusetts? Yeah, that criminal Democrat.
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AP and other journalistic standards calls for leaving out the identification of party affiliation for public officials when it is not specifically relevant to a story. This is often true for sheriffs and other local and less party-affiliated offices. If a specific issue has arisen, such as campaign violations, then the rules call for party affiliation to be identified.
I often had to Google far and wide over the past decade to find party affiliations of persons I suspected of being Republicans involved in corruption or sex scandals because it was not included in the news stories covering it, per AP or other standards. Not everyone has to follow AP standards, of course.
There is no widespread “conspiracy” here.