Left-Wing Media Refuses to Identify Disgraced Democrat by Party

Via Don Surber, the news that leftist journalists refused to identify disgraced former Central California congressman Gary Condit as a Democrat should come as no surprise, although the scope of story is noteworthy:

The Associated Press went all the way as to report Condit as a former GOP member of Congress:

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by former Congressman Gary Condit claiming author Dominick Dunne slandered him over the death of a young female intern....

Condit, a former Republican congressman from California's Central Valley, has denied any involvement in or knowledge of Levy's May 2001 disappearance at age 24, or her death. However, he acknowledged to investigators that they had an intimate relationship.

The situation cost Condit his House seat in 2002.

Condit's case is one of example of congressional scandal in my classes on the legislative process, but perhaps I'll add this latest development to my lectures on media bias as well.

Note that McClatchy refused to identify Condit's party identification altogether.