ABC, CBS and NBC All Refuse to Identify Indicted Ray “School Bus” Nagin as Democrat | NewsBusters.
ABC anchor Diane Sawyer generously described Nagin as “the face of Hurricane Katrina…then the Mayor of New Orleans fighting for his city.”
On CBS, anchor Scott Pelley conversationally relayed: “We heard today that Ray Nagin, the former Mayor of New Orleans, was indicted on federal corruption charges…”
The toughest line came from NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, but also he left out the identity of Nagin’s party: “Ray Nagin, who as Mayor of New Orleans gained notoriety for his erratic behavior during Hurricane Katrina when the city needed a steady hand, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on 21 counts of conspiracy, bribery, money laundering, tax fraud and filing false tax returns…”
