Chicago Daily Observer

On May 13, John McCain supporter John Haggee issued an apology to the Catholic League for controversial anti-Catholic comments he’s made in the past. “Catholic League President William Donoghue [sic] accepted the apology,” noted Washington Post’s Michael D. Shear in the midst of his 8-paragraph story published the following day.

Shear closed by noting that ”[n]ot all Catholics were mollified” by Hagee’s letter of apology, citing “Alexia Kelley, executive director of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good.” Shear failed to label Kelley nor the Alliance as liberal, although a visit to their Web site makes it pretty clear their political agenda skews in favor of liberal Democratic social welfare initiatives.

But more telling is this: Kelley used to work for the DNC during the Kerry campaign as Director of Religious Outreach. Catholic or no, it’s not all that surprising that the former liberal Democratic Party staffer would refuse ... Read More...

Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s (D-Ill.) name has cropped up quite a few times in the ongoing trial of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) benefactor Tony Rezko. Yet in their latest coverage, both the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times left out Blagojevich’s party affiliation. The Sun-Times, however, did take note of the Republican party affiliation of another politico caught up in the maelstrom, William Cellini.

The caption for a photo montage accompanying the April 3 article “Levine: Blagojevich knew”, reads, “Clockwise from left: Gov. Rod Blagojevich; Tony Rezko; Stuart Levine;Chicago businessman-turned-Hollywood producer Tom Rosenberg; longtime Illinois Republican Party power William Cellini.”

Tribune staffers Bob Secter and Jeff Coen also covered the development in a story filed shortly after midnight Eastern time on April 3.

This isn’t the first time Secter and Coen left out the (D) after Blagojevich’s name. As NewsBusters contributor and MRC News Analysis intern Lyndsi Thomas noted on ... Read More...