ABC Doubles Down on 'Louisiana Republican' Caught in Affair

Scott Whitlock | April 9, 2014
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[For more, see video cross-posted at NewsBusters.] For the second day in a row, Good Morning America on Wednesday devoted a full report to investigating the married "Louisiana Republican" who was caught on camera kissing a staffer. On Tuesday, the shows' reporters made sure to remind viewers that the Congressman caught up in an affair is a "conservative" and "Republican." Yet, Democratic controversies have largely been ignored or downplayed by the network. Despite the news that a House committee plans to ask the Justice Department to charge former top IRS official Lois Lerner, ABC has ignored the development and hasn't mentioned the scandal-plagued bureaucrat since March 5, 2014. (That occasion was only to highlight Democrat Elijah Cummings complaining about the unfairness of the hearings. Excluding that occasion, Lerner's name was last uttered on May 24, 2013.)