Forgetting to mention the party.

Anonymous asked,

“So which party was the defendant in this case…

Ex-council chief ‘abused boy, 13’

… a member of?”

“Socialism is Necrotizing” responded,

“anonymous, they sure didn`t forget to mention the party affiliation in these cases:

Councillor jailed for sex abuse

Council leader resigns

Sex crime councillor is expelled

Councillor jailed for indecent assault

Ex-Tory official jailed for rape

Tory mayor arrested over sex claim

BBC protecting its beloved Labour Party………Nah!”

Here’s another, found by me. To be fair, this article about the same case didn’t mention that the guy was a Conservative. I remember hearing about this one on the radio and thinking, oh he’ll be Labour or Lib Dem since they didn’t mention a party and being quite surprised that he was actually a Tory. I think a memo went round. My impression is that the tendency of the BBC to mention the party if a politician who goes off the rails is right wing and not mention it if left wing has diminished.

“The tendency has diminished”: what very faint praise that is.

UPDATE: Commenter “PJF” has told me that since a reasonable challenge has been mounted in the comments, I have to flag it up. Quite so. The BBC’s “John Reith” and an anonymous commenter have posted and discussed counter-examples. Let battle be joined.