Republican Congressman scandal much worse than Rep. Weiner, far less reported

[werepossum]

Recent picture of Craig:

LOL x2!

 

[thegimp03]

Have to admit, the Weiner thing is pretty hilarious. 107.7 "The Bone" Lamont and Tonelli had a skit today where they had "Morgan Freeman" saying Weiner's texts over the air.

 

[Nebor]

Uh, probably because it's not as hilarious as a guy named Weiner sending pictures of his Weiner all over the place.

 

[PokerGuy]

LOL yeah, some idiot piece by Madcow with her lies and false allegations is going to get the same coverage as a guy named Weiner sending pics of his weiner all over the place (possibly including underage recipients). Yeah, that's likely.

 

[airdata]

democrats get caught w\ morally questionable scandals. Republicans get caught screwing others over to make money.

 

[nick1985]

Everyone knows that the Republican party is your party of sexual pervs and ethical dirt bags.

And what does the Democrat party consist of?

 

[nick1985]

Yep, he spins any harder and he will attract his own moon!

lol

 

[nick1985]

And I like how Craig honestly believes Maddow is the pinnacle of journalistic integrity.

What a fucking joke.

 

[D-Man]

And bull crap makes the grass grow green

 

[Genx87]

Really?? Look at the title

Republican Congressman scandal much worse than Rep. Weiner, far less reported

/pwned

 

[JockoJohnson]

Everyone knows that the Republican party is your party of sexual pervs and ethical dirt bags. They are like the Catholic church, full of scum who pray on the innocent with their moral authority. Filth will always gravitate there.

But that dirt bag Weiner is a progressive and he sullied the name. They need to hound that turd till he resigns or throw his ass out in a manure bag.

^This. Of course we know all Republicans are slime. I bet Weiner was a Republican disguising himself as a Democrat just to ruin the good name of all Democrats.

 

[woolfe9999]

The quotes below all seem to reflect an understanding of how our media operates, of the underlying reasons certain stories get more attention than others. However, they miss what I take to be the point of the OP. The media is supposed to have a "liberal bias," are they not? That at least is what we're told. The trouble that is total nonsense. The real truth is that the media's "bias" is toward whatever sells because the media is a business.

Honestly, one story is more sensationalist than the other, which is why the media covers it more. Sex stories in the news? Of course the public laps it right up. FEC ethics investigations....zzzzzzzzzzzz.....

That's show biz. The public demands they be the models of propriety and forgives their other transgressions so long as they meet that demand and continue to put on a good performance like any football or baseball star. The media isn't just sensationalizing the story; the public demands that one story get more attention then another.

Weiner's story was absolutely fucking hilarious!

That's why it got the media coverage. It's nothing to do with Democrat versus Republican. Get over it. Just because you personally like Weiner, doesn't mean the news coverage was unjustified.

 

[fantolay]

Who cares about this story at all? Seriously?

How can a person so busy sexting and being a perv do his duties? Who cares about the rep?

 

[her209]

Damn liberal media!

 

[waggy]

WTF crieg spinning and stretching a story about a republican? im shocked! shocked i tell you! just fucking shocked!


as for weiners wiener who fucking cares? thats between him and his wife (is he even married?). if the guy is getting fap material then good for him. long as it is not impacting his job i don't give a flying shit.

 

[KGB]

Buchanan is a POS, ... I ought to know. He's from my district.

If he really did nothing wrong and has nothing to hide, why did he secretly give back the questionable contribution money?

 

[Craig234]

The quotes below all seem to reflect an understanding of how our media operates, of the underlying reasons certain stories get more attention than others. However, they miss what I take to be the point of the OP. The media is supposed to have a "liberal bias," are they not? That at least is what we're told. The trouble that is total nonsense. The real truth is that the media's "bias" is toward whatever sells because the media is a business.

I think there's a lot of truth to that. Note I did not say the reason for Weiner getting so much more attention is because of political bias.

Rather, I pointed out the worse scandal getting less coverage - and the reason can be discussed, and I think a lot of it is the racy nature of it.

So, my point could well be 'the public and media give way too much attention to racy stories, ignoring more important stories'. Whatever the reason, we have this problem in coverage.

Edit: having said I think racy is a big part of the reason, I'm not saying there aren't others, including the right-wing 'noise machine's' ability to amplify its message very well in the media.

I've considered a separate thread on the hypocrisy of Republican leadership here.

Reportedly, not a single Republican official called for David Vitter to resign - for *actual* sex that was *criminal*.

To this day, in the last week the RNC Chairman is doing media calling for Weiner to resign - but refuses to do so for Vitter, and while Chairman with Ensign in the Senate, never called for him to resign.