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On Mar 13, 12:36 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

Crazy idea: Write to the paper and ask why they don't include the word
"Democrat" in articles about Spitzer. You're guessing the reasons. I
suspect they assume (correctly) that smart people already know
Spitzer's
party affiliation, and smart people (who have a life) realize it
doesn't
matter at all. But, you could find out for sure.

http://www.journalinquirer.com/site/...2741&BRD=985&P...

You claim to be a smart guy. When you read an article about a Governor
involved with prostitutes and the Governor's political party affiliation
is not provided in the article you can only come to one conclusion.

It's all about consistency and fairness. Either you provided the
political
party affiliation for all elected officials or for no elected officials.
Providing political party affiliation for some and not others shows
bias.

Think about articles you're seeing about Spitzer TODAY. Not yesterday or
the
day before. ***TODAY***

Now, tell me why mentioning his party affiliation TODAY adds any
meaningful
content. I'm the journalism professor, you're the student. Why would you
include that information TODAY, knowing that it had already been mentioned
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I would if we were discussing media bias, knowing that papers' history
as I do..

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I'm talking about writing an article, not discussing an article or a
newspaper.

Three days into a story that's been all over the media, what important
meaning or content is contributed by including "democrat" when describing
Spitzer?

Important words to focus on in that last question:

WHEN
DESCRIBING
SPITZER