THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, March 19, 1995 TAG: 9503170028
SECTION: COMMENTARY PAGE: J4 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 24 lines
The double standard of the liberal media was recently exposed when they ignored an Associated Press story that Sen. Joseph Biden, a liberal Democrat from Delaware, had been accused of racism/sexism by a black woman. The Wilmington News Journal reported that Biden had responded, ``Tell her she's got me confused with Newt.''
Biden's deputy press secretary admitted that the senator was saying that it would be more appropriate to make that charge against House Speaker Newt Gingrich, though he really didn't mean to say that Gingrich was a racist. Biden ignored a demand that he apologize. Would the media have ignored this remark if Gingrich had made it about Biden?
P. L. GRILLO
Virginia Beach, March 7, 1995 by CNB