[See NewsBusters for more.] NBC and CBS on Thursday failed to label the scandal-tarred Jesse Jackson Jr. as a Democrat. Instead of identifying his political party, Today co-host Savannah Guthrie carefully explained, "Former congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. left an Alabama prison this morning, accompanied by his family." Over on CBS This Morning, journalist Vladimir Duthiers described the Democrat simply as "former U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr." Duthiers informed, "He served a year and a half for illegally spending $750,000 in campaign funds. They money was used on items like purchase furs and vacations." Jackson will spend the remainder of his sentence at a halfway house.
