If you are going to have a scandal, it really, really helps to be a Democrat if you are worried about media coverage. Consider the cases of neighboring big state governors Chris Christie and Andrew Cuomo. Christie’s “Bridgegate” scandal was a tale of political revenge involving the placement of orange traffic cones. Cuomo’s “Morelandgate” scandal is about a governor shutting down an investigation into political corruption (by the Moreland Commission) when it started getting close to home. Let’s see: which is worse: snarling traffic or covering up potential corruption? From the media response, you’d think traffic cones are vastly more important. Writing in City Journal, Steve Malanga compares the two scandals and their press coverage. It is a textbook case, so far, of media bias. In the six days after disclosure of the Bridgegate emails, newspapers outside of New Jersey mentioned Christie and the bridge scandal more than 500...(Read Full Post)