Four Florida News Outlets Fail to Tag Arrested Mayor as a Democrat
28th January 2018
Mayor Joy Cooper of Hallandale Beach, Florida, was forced to resign by Sunshine State Governor Rick Scott on Friday after her Thursday arrest on three felony charges: campaign finance violations, official misconduct and money laundering. At least four Florida news outlets have run reports failing to tag Cooper, who is accused of accepted illegal campaign finance checks from Russians, as a Democrat
Sure, there’s a bit of double-standard here — a Republican would be so identified in the first sentence — but I don’t think that it’s a big deal. The thing is that this sort of behavior is kinda-sorta expected from Democrats; it’s not news. For Republicans, on the other hand, which it’s not unknown, it is rather less common; that’s news.