Soft press treatment of Democratic ?Texas super spreaders? another example of media hypocrisy, critics say

In media news today, reporters hit President Biden for walking back sharp criticism of Facebook, MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell made eyebrow-raising remarks about crime in Washington, D.C., and the Washington Post lightheartedly mocked Hunter Biden's art.The runaway Texas Democrats who have been spreading COVID-19 around Washington, D.C., are the latest example of a widespread hypocrisy within corporate media, critics argue, saying GOP lawmakers would be vilified for the same actions. Herman Cain was vilified after his death for attending a Trump rally without a mask but the Texas Democrats are being treated like civil rights pioneers while spreading COVID all over DC," conservative strategist Chris Barron told Fox News. … They went nuts." However, news that the Texas Democrats who ditched their homes for Washington, D.C., have been spreading COVID around the nation’s capital hasn’t been given the same type of negative coverage. NewsBusters associate editor Scott Whitlock found that ABC, NBC and CBS hardly covered news of the members of the Texas delegation testing positive for coronavirus after coming to Washington last week on a private jet, while taking maskless selfies. "Obviously if Republicans had pulled this publicity stunt and caught COVID, it wouldn't just be used by the corporate media to shame them, but probably also by the Biden administration to extend mask mandates on flights." VP KAMALA HARRIS TESTED NEGATIVE FOR COVID-19 AFTER MEETING WITH TEXAS DEMOCRATS, PSAKI SAYSThe situation has gotten even worse since Whitlock’s report, as a spokesperson for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tested positive Monday after meeting with the Texas Democrats.