Corruption

A break from the podcasts for a moment. I'm shocked that almost nobody has heard about the Republican Congressman (Randy "Duke" Cunningham) who just resigned and admitted to taking $2.4 million in bribes. Shouldn't this be a big deal? The Washington Post seems to be reporting it on the front page, and also gave a good analysis of corruption generally also on the front page. However, I've been listening to Fox for the last hour, and no mention of it. CNN has not been much better. Bottom line is that most Americans who pay only a little attention to the news will have no idea that an important Congressman took millions in bribes and just resigned. What do they hear about instead? The Fox website is currently headlining a new panda bear at the National Zoo, and does not even mention the bribery resignation in its current headlines. Media Matters has a more detailed analysis of the lack of coverage.