a 1300 word piece in the new york times initially failed to mention that mr. menendez is a democrat, the piece was eventually updated to note the political affiliation.d jesse, i have a feeling if it was a republican, that would have been in the headlines. jesse: absolutely. the only thing more corrupt than politicians are the reporters that cover up for them. when i heard there was a new jersey politician on trial dana: that s why it s not news? jesse: i assumed it was a democrat. automatically. exchanging donations for favors? isn t that called politics? the whole senate would be in jail. ray nagin. 20 corruption charges. 20 counts. convicted. the networks did not mention that he was a democrat. congresswoman corrine brown. fraud conviction. never mentioned she was a democrat either. jesse jackson jr. also corruption. went to prison.
journalist assume the readers know the facts? we should just assume that president trump is president. it s so horrible. jesse: we are not saying what team he s playing for playing for.e juan: in this case, the other thing to consider, dana, thehe indictment was so long ag. it was a long time ago and people were focused on that time. now if the trial starts, it has so little coverage because in the midst of all of us trump news, north korea, hurricane, let s see when the trial starts. dana: that s fair. in fact, there was a problem today in the courtroom where the judge told menendez lawyer to shut up for a second. there s an interesting thing. if he is convicted, will the democrats say he should resign as they said stevens should resign? the congressman from alaska?
no mention in time magazine or usa today. he was a democrat. this is how this works. you have the hotel room guests. greg: wasn t a baseball team. jesse: the media only described him as a democrat 20% of the time. mark sanford, the governor of south carolina, a little bit of a dalliance down in south america. the mistress, 100% of the time his party affiliation was mentioned.th you have william jefferson, do you remember? the freezer guy? $90,000 in thehe freezer? when he went to trial, they didn t even cover it on the networks. if i m ever convicted in on trial, i m changing my party affiliation if i m ever on trial. [laughter] greg: you know what else they never mention? statues. the statues everyone s ticked about, except here.onp dana: juan, when you are
call today. comcast business. built for business. dana: for the first time in 36 years, a sitting senator is on trial. democratic new jersey senator, bob menendez federal trial began in new jersey. political reports on the bribery trial. thetor bob menendez, new jersey democrat, is accused of doing political favors for a florida eye doctor in exchange for campaign donations. and very lavish gifts. both menendez and the doctors denied the allegations. menendez is the first sitting senator to stand trial for bribery in 40 years. dana: 22 seconds of coverage from the broadcast network today. that s not all.