Before Her Resignation, AP Was 1-for-10 in Labeling Nashville’s Mayor As a Democrat
6th March 2018
On January 31, Nashville Mayor Megan Barry announced that she had ended an extramarital affair with city policeman and bodyguard Rob Forrest. Since then, except for the Associated Press, the national media showed little interest in covering a whirlwind of subsequent troubling revelations. Even last week’s call by the left-leaning Nashville Tennessean for Barry’s resignation has been virtually ignored. During that time, the AP failed to tag Barry, who resigned on Tuesday, as a Democrat in 9 of 10 stories.
Media bias? What media bias?
After Barry’s January 31 announcement, Forrest immediately retired with an annual pension of $80,000. In late February, his wife filed for divorce. It’s fair to characterize Barry, the more powerful person in the relationship, as a homewrecker.
What a great advertisement for the MeToo movement.
Seems to me that if a Republican had done something that, we’d be wondering how much jail time would be involved. Since it’s a Democrat, she can look forward to some juicy consulting gigs and maybe a book deal.