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4-2-7 04-16-2014 07:56 PM

Ex-Calif. city manager gets 12 years for corruption.
 
Ex-Calif. city manager gets 12 years for corruption.

Robert Rizzo, the former city manager of Bell, Calif., listens in Los Angeles County Superior Court on April 16, 2014, before being sentenced to 12 years in prison and ordered to make restitution of $8.8 million for a corruption scheme that nearly bankrupted the small, blue-collar city. / Al Seib, Los Angeles Times, via AP

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http://www.wisconsinrapidstribune.co...rticle/7788143

4-2-7 04-16-2014 07:59 PM

Eight Dems Arrested in Bell, CA 'Corruption on Steroids' - Not a Single Mention of Party Affiliation From Media



Today, eight city council members were arrested in Bell, California for what Los Angeles County District Attorney labeled "corruption on steroids." Thus far, every major news outlet that has reported on the story has omitted the fact that all eight individuals arrested are Democrats.
These glaring omissions come only weeks after NewsBusters reported that of the 351 stories on the then-brewing controversy, 350 had omitted party affiliations, and one had mentioned they were Democrats only in apologizing for not doing so sooner.



Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/lachlan...#ixzz2z6JktL87


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