The arrest of a Democratic public official in Las Vegas for allegedly murdering a reporter shocked the nation, but the news networks did their best to bury his partisan affiliation. Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles was arrested Wednesday in connection with the death of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, who was fatally stabbed in front of his home Saturday. German’s reporting had revealed scandals that dogged Telles, including a hostile work environment and an extramarital affair with an employee, followed by his re-election loss during the Democratic primary held in June. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said they found Telles’ DNA at the crime scene and his car matched the description of a vehicle seen on surveillance footage taken near German’s home. CNN, ABC, ESPN PROMOTE DUKE VOLLEYBALL PLAYER’S GO QUIET ON DEVELOPMENTS DEBUNKING CLAIM While liberal networks covered German’s gruesome murder, they strangely failed to tell viewers that Telles is a Democrat during Wednesday and Thursday’s coverage. Robert Telles murder suspect Jeff German is currently being held at the Clark County Detention Center. (LVMPD) ABC’s “Good Morning America” introduced Telles as a “local politician” and later described him as a “Las Vegas County official.” MEMPHIS EVENTS BRIEF: CNN, MSNBC PRIMETIME SHOWS AVOID BREAKING NEWS, EZEKIEL KELLY ARREST “Telles is an elected official who lost a primary earlier this year,” ABC News correspondent Alex Pressa told viewers Thursday, oddly omitting which primary Telles contested. ABC News similarly neglected to acknowledge Telles’ party affiliation on Wednesday’s “World News Tonight” while reporting on a search warrant executed before his arrest. The network also omitted any mention of parties in a report written on its website. Jeff German, investigative reporter, poses for a portrait in the Las Vegas Review-Journal photo studio. (Elizabeth Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)) “CBS Mornings” co-host Tony Dokupil teased about the “elected official” being dragged into the murder investigation. CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann went on to describe Clark County’s public administrator as “a man named Robert Telles” and said police executed a search warrant “at the home of the elected official.” LAS VEGAS POLICE SAY JOURNALIST’S KILLING SUSPECT ROBERT TELES ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTED TO ‘DESTROY EVIDENCE’ Strassmann later told viewers that Telles “appeared ready to lose his re-election bid” in June, referring to his social media attacks on Germany. An article published on the CBS News website was marked Telles a Democrat in its second paragraph. Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, right, speaks with Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German in his office in Las Vegas on May 11, 2022. (KM Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP) Similarly, NBC News correspondent Erin McLaughlin referred to Telles simply as a “local government official” who “lost a primary race in June” during a report on “Today.” Buried in the 34th paragraph of the NBC News online article is the admission that Telles “was limited in the Democratic primary.” It was also the second to last paragraph of the report. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” co-host Willie Geist reported on the “public servant” and how the police “arrested a man named Robert Telles.” In addition, three of the four CNN programs that covered Telles’ arrest early Thursday morning avoided his party affiliation. Only “New Day” identified the suspected killer as a “Democratic politician” before the network went wall-to-wall covering the death of Queen Elizabeth II. CNN previously acknowledged on Wednesday’s “The Lead” that Telles lost his Democratic primary while reporting on the search warrant it already had against him. Joseph A. Wulfsohn is a media reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter: @JosephWulfsohn.
