Will Media Give Spitzer the Foley Treatment?

by Brian Fitzpatrick, Senior Editor, Culture and Media Institute: The coverage of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s prostitution scandal will teach us a great deal about how the media view sexual morality, especially as it applies to politics and law. Are maintaining high moral standards and respecting the rule of law more important than partisan interest? Or do the ink-stained wretches consider sexual scandals to be nothing more than clubs for bashing political enemies, such as former Rep. Mark Foley and Sen. Larry Craig? The Spitzer mess provides the media an opportunity to raise a bar that has been dropped much lower than is good for the nation. Here are some questions the media ought to be asking:
1. “Governor Spitzer, why haven’t you resigned yet?” . . .
2. “Senator Obama, do you think Governor Spitzer’s involvement with prostitutes is morally wrong?”
3. “Senator Clinton, do you reject Governor Spitzer’s political support now that a federal wiretap has allegedly caught him breaking the law, and do you favor removing him as a super delegate to the Democratic convention?” . . .

The longer this scandal persists, the more questions we will suggest. If the Democrats decide to circle the wagons around Spitzer, the media should hold their feet to the fire for week after week, as they did to Republicans following the revelations about Mark Foley and Larry Craig. . . . [Read More]
See also: Stand By Your Womanizer; NY Gov. Spitzer Linked to Prostitution Ring;
Sources: Spitzer Resignation Expected & Spitzer Into The Wind

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