re: #669 austin_blue

Huh. Didn’t Fox do the same thing with Mark Foley?

[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com…]

(Granted, the source is suspect, but that graph doesn’t lie. That is most definitely a D nest to his name.)

It’s also been done with Lincoln Chafee and Daniel Crane, too.

(yes, it’s media matters, but poke around and they’ve got the videos and screenshots)

From 2006:

In recent weeks, media outlets have misidentified as Democrats several Republicans facing scandal, poor poll numbers