Just imagine if Whitman had used a vulgar sexual slur when referring to the California Nurses Association

If you are looking for evidence the media is running interference for its preferred candidate in the CA governors race, look no further than the media's treatment of Jerry Brown's "teabagger" slur.  Readers of this blog know on Friday's MSNBC Hardball show, Jerry Brown demeaned members of the Tea Party by using the sexual slur "teabaggers."  As of Sunday afternoon, no major newspaper has reported on the slur.

I did a Google News search for Jerry Brown teabagger Sunday afternoon and here is what I found:

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The only item listed is the report from Newsbusters.  Nothing from the Sacramento Bee, the San Francisco Chronicle, the LA Times, the San Diego Union-Tribune, Reuters, the AP, or any other mainstream news source.

If you want to get more information on Brown's slur you have to go to the blogs and alternative media.  Here are a few of the blogs reporting on the slur:

• NewsBusters: Governor 'Moonbeam' Employs 'Tea Bagger' Insult on MSNBC's Hardball
• BreitbartTV: California Attorney General Uses 'Tea Bagger' Insult
• Bluegrass Pundit: Jerry Brown Calls Tea Party Members "Teabaggers"
• Escape Tyranny: Dem candidate for CA Governor Jerry Brown uses “Tea Bagger” sexual insult
• Ben Barrack: VIDEO: JERRY BROWN'S TEABAGGER MOMENT
• No Governor Moonbeam!: Jerry Brown uses vulgar "teabagger" sexual slur
• Pat Dollard: Jerry Brown Dismisses Anti-Communists As Sexual Deviant “Tea Baggers”
• Weasel Zippers: Moonbat Jerry Brown Refers to Tea Party Members as “Teabaggers"
• Weekly Political Review: Jerry Brown and Chris Matthews Talk Down to Voters During Hardball Interview 
• The Fox Nation: Governor "Moonbeam" blasts "Teabaggers" 
• The Lonely Conservative: Video: Dem Candidate for CA Governor Uses the Term "Tea Bagger"

You can imagine the media hysteria if Whitman had used a vulgar sexual slur when referring to the California Nurses Association.  That story would be front page news across the state and a hot topic on cable TV shows.

And media elites wonder why newspaper circulation is in freefall?