Did News & Observer reporting favor a Democrat?

Scott Pierce at Right in Raleigh is back from vacation and blogging up a storm. Go visit.

Among Scott's many fine posts, my favorite is the one below. I reproduced the whole post. It's short and a "must read" if you're a North Carolian who cares about fair press reporting.

Price vs. Delay

Tom Delay took overseas trips that were paid for by nonprofits with backing from lobbying interests. The N&O ran articles 9 consectutive days on the subject, including front page coverage.

We now learn that Dem. Congressman David Price from N.C. did the same thing. The N&O calls it a "loophole" and buries the article on 5B. And I seriously doubt that they will run anything tomorrow.

No bias there.

The N&O's editors often say, "We cover local news more than national news."

So why is it that Texas congressman Tom Delay's overseas trips are front page news in the N&O while news of similiar overseas trips by its own congressman gets buried in the B section?

I hope Scott e-mails the N&O's public editor, Ted Vaden, and asks about the N&O's reporting on the congressmen's trips.

How about it, Scott?