The corruption trial for New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is scheduled to begin next week. The mainstream media, with some exceptions, have been criticized for largely avoiding or burying the always evolving story, but a Washington Post investigative reporter explained why it hasn’t landed in the MSMs “top five”:
The fact that a U.S. senator's bribery trial is not even a top 5 story in the news cycle tells you *just* how crazy this year has been. https://t.co/3LpNKRwrfz
— Amy Brittain (@AmyJBrittain) August 31, 2017
Because of the crazy news cycle?
If that's how you want to frame it… https://t.co/x0GLWCBN0k
— LifebytheCreek (@lifebythecreek) August 31, 2017
Amy's never heard of liberal media bias. https://t.co/FLnkd74J9E
— Bobby (@bfinstock2_0) August 31, 2017
A lot of people have another theory why the Menendez story might not be the highest of MSM priorities:
Or that he’s a Democrat.
— Chase D. Troutner (@Captain_Strongo) August 31, 2017
Be serious. Only reason it isn't #1 is the D next to his name.
— Saulo Londoño (@SauloLondono) August 31, 2017
And that he’s a Democrat. https://t.co/y9KED0iN98
— L (@PartymanRandy) August 31, 2017
Any indication which party would be embarrassed by this trial? Might be worth noting. https://t.co/e1VO8BEwAm
— David Edward (@_David_Edward) August 31, 2017
Or it's because he has a D next to his name. But WaPo gonna WaPo.
— Fred Piccolo Jr (@FredPiccoloJr) August 31, 2017
LOL. They're so deluded that even when discussing an obvious instances of media bias, it doesn't even occur to them that it's bias. https://t.co/u5GstGGtZT
— Mark (@markadams44) August 31, 2017
I'd make a thousandth Name That Party joke, but this profession is immune to shame. https://t.co/wXSTOOP6BB
— Cuffy (@CuffyMeh) August 31, 2017
@CillizzaCNN Nah. It just tells you he's a Democrat Senator.
— Mike Wilson (@mustangmike53) August 31, 2017
Had this been a GOP senator MSM would have had it everywhere & in all the newspapers across the country.
— Joseph Casey (@JECasey) August 31, 2017
It's not the news cycle that's crazy; it's the news media. https://t.co/cxKEyhlWl6
— Graham Wellington (@funnicegoodkind) August 31, 2017
Just something to consider, MSM!
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