Mon Sep 12, 2022 – 9:59 am EDT
ANALYSIS
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (LifeSiteNews) – Law enforcement charged a Democratic politician with the murder of a Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter, but much of the mainstream media ignored the suspect’s political affiliation in its coverage.
These omissions happened despite the strong possibility that Robert Telles’ motivation in allegedly murdering reporter Jeff German was political – German wrote articles critical of the suspect’s work as Clark County public administrator which may have contributed to Telles losing a June Democratic primary, according to CBS News. The CBS News article does not mention political affiliation until the 24th paragraph.
A letter Telles posted after losing the primary called the Review-Journal a “rightwing paper,” though German covered allegations against Republicans too.
The initial NBC News report waited until the 12th paragraph to mention Telles’ political affiliation.
Other major networks also ignored or downplayed the politician’s political affiliation.
“ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ introduced Telles as a ‘local politician’ and later described him as a ‘Las Vegas county official,’” according to a Fox News analysis.
“CBS Mornings” co-host Tony Dokoupil teased about the ‘elected official’ who was swept up in the murder investigation,” Fox News
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