CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News and ABC World News broadcasts gave brief mention to the conviction of former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin Wednesday on 20 federal counts, including bribery and conspiracy, but all three omitted the fact that he was a Democrat.
CBS anchor Scott Pelley and ABC fill-in anchor George Stephanopoulos referred to him as the "former mayor" while NBC's Brian Williams called him "controversial."
Nagin, who left office in 2010 after eight years, was indicted in January 2013 on charges he accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from businessmen who wanted work from the city or Nagin's support for various projects, according to the Associated Press.
He became a household name after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, during his first term.